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Date:      Fri, 8 Jun 2018 00:49:02 -0400
From:      Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org>, rgrimes@FreeBSD.org, src-committers <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r334617 - in head: . etc
Message-ID:  <5891A407-BCE6-4792-BD1D-53C00C9A7ED6@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20180607072958.GA51308@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201806061833.w56IXWBC006288@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <1528311745.474139.1398838488.1527C06D@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20180607072958.GA51308@FreeBSD.org>

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> On Jun 7, 2018, at 03:29, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
>> On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 01:02:25PM -0600, Brad Davis wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018, at 12:33 PM, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
>>> ...
>>> So each installworld would wipe over the top of any localmod /etc/rc.d/
>>> and other stuff that mght exist?
>>> One of the reasons that etc/Makefile is detached from Installword is so
>>> that /etc does not get perturbuted unless specifically requested.
>>=20
>> Yes, this is by design.
>>=20
>> If people need custom tweaks for that stuff they should be upstreamed or
>> moved into /usr/local/etc/rc.d as a custom startup script.
>=20
> This is rather questionable design to me.  I don't consider my scripts
> as binaries and like them in /etc/rc.d/ and managed via mergemaster -Fi.
> Everything was perfectly fine with it.  What exactly the problem you're
> trying to solve here?

For me the biggest selling point of FreeBSD has always been how configurable=
 and customizable it has been (without modifying src). Especially the rc fil=
es and patterns of .local in /etc.


>=20
> ./danfe
>=20




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