Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 12:46:51 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Brian A. Seklecki" <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org> Cc: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache-Style Profiles for FreeBSD ports/databases/slony/* Message-ID: <4651F72B.2020206@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20070521143034.G5929@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org> References: <20070124163435.F18034@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org> <4B255085-7629-4A98-AF24-465D6E48EB41@khera.org> <20070521143034.G5929@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org>
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Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
>
> Before we slip this in (I can have a clean version ready for 1.3), I had an
> architectural question about two RC variables for the -rc list.B
>
> $[command_]flags v.s $[command_]args. What is the architectural purpose
> of each?
_args are used for things that you always want to have. _flags are
things that the user might want to change (usually with sensible
defaults provided).
hth,
Doug
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