Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:12:26 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /etc/login.conf: /etc/COPYRIGHT vs. /COPYRIGHT Message-ID: <20040310161226.GG90219@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <404DE2C0.9000708@users.sourceforge.net> References: <404DE2C0.9000708@users.sourceforge.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 12:29:04AM +0900, Rob wrote: > In /etc/login.conf, there is a line: > > :copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\ > > but I do not have this file. However I have: > > /COPYRIGHT > > Is this a mistake in login.conf, or is my "COPYRIGHT" in > the wrong place? > This has come up before, and is in login.conf,v history: : revision 1.40 : date: 2000/12/19 14:12:46; author: rwatson; state: Exp; lines: +3 -3 : o Back out 1.39, it was a bad idea. There was, and should be, a : distinction between the OS copyright message and the message displayed : gratuitously to each user at login. Because, well, they may be : different, among other things, and boy can a copyright message each : login consume some screen space. If people really want to do this, : they can copy /COPYRIGHT to /etc/COPYRIGHT. : : Submitted by: Anders Andersson <anders@codefactory.se> : ---------------------------- : revision 1.39 : date: 2000/12/17 18:55:14; author: rwatson; state: Exp; lines: +3 -3 : o /etc/COPYRIGHT -> /COPYRIGHT, since that's where it's installed. : : Submitted by: Anders Andersson <anders@sanyusan.se> Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov FreeBSD committer ru@FreeBSD.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFATz5qUkv4P6juNwoRAsT9AJ9E1MWaMzTM9EGdWb6N5efL6CjPNgCeMwWh LMqv2P2zOcrSIluO0bJP5aY= =4zZK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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