From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 14:17:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30E78106564A for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:17:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jan.grant@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1BEF8FC17 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:17:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jan.grant@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.16.62]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KR62G-0001EU-9I; Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:00:22 +0100 Received: from cse-jg.cse.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.12.37]:49639) by mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KR622-0001vK-MV; Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:59:58 +0100 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:59:58 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant X-X-Sender: cmjg@tribble.ilrt.bris.ac.uk To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= In-Reply-To: <86r691f0qy.fsf@ds4.des.no> Message-ID: <20080807145747.L3840@tribble.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> References: <20080807090230.GF1359@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <86r691f0qy.fsf@ds4.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="2441343664-1481745069-1218117598=:3840" X-ILRT-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ILRT-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-2.999, required 5, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.80, BAYES_00 -2.60, J_CHICKENPOX_24 0.60) X-ILRT-MailScanner-From: jan.grant@bristol.ac.uk X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -0.8 X-Spam-Level: / Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, wbentley@futurecis.com Subject: Re: Idea for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:17:18 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --2441343664-1481745069-1218117598=:3840 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Peter Jeremy writes: > > So you take each line from inetd.conf (literally) and wrap it in > > several KB of XML. This definitely adds to bloat and doesn't even > > obey the spirit of XML (since the content of each inetd.conf entry > > remains opaque). >=20 > s/inetd/rc/g >=20 > I completely agree with you - but I also agree with whoever it was that > suggested adding enable / disable commands to rc.subr. inetd.conf too(!); see inetconv(1M) Whilst solaris has some nice bits and pieces, the tendency to take=20 configuration (static and dynamic) and shove it into an opaque database=20 I personally find problematic: compare the ISC and solaris dhcp servers,=20 for instance. enable/disable sound interesting, however. jan --=20 jan grant, ISYS, University of Bristol. http://www.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44 (0)117 3317661 http://ioctl.org/jan/ =2E..You're visualising the _duck_ taped over my _mouth_..? --2441343664-1481745069-1218117598=:3840--