Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:34:36 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: A.Leidinger@WJPServer.CS.Uni-SB.de Cc: archie@whistle.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "man" reads /etc/rc.conf? Message-ID: <3829908C.7BDA9DD@newsguy.com> References: <199911101247.NAA01228@work.net.local>
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A.Leidinger@WJPServer.CS.Uni-SB.de wrote:
>
> >> (101) netchild@ttyp2 > man -k adadadad
> >> cat: /etc/isdn/connect.parameters: Permission denied
> >> adadadad: nothing appropriate
> >>
> >> (102) netchild@ttyp2 > grep cat /etc/rc.conf.local
> >> spppconfig_isp0="`cat /etc/isdn/connect.parameters`"
^^^
Calling programs from any of the rc.conf files is considered evil
and it's looked down on.
> /usr/bin/apropos contains:
> ---snip---
> # If possible check global system configuration file for additional
> # man locales installed
> if [ -r /etc/defaults/rc.conf ] ; then
> . /etc/defaults/rc.conf
> elif [ -r /etc/rc.conf ] ; then
> . /etc/rc.conf
> fi
> ---snip---
>
> and /etc/defaults/rc.conf:
> ---snip---
> man_locales="NO" # space separated list of man locales (or NO)
> ---snip---
>
> Do we have to live with this or is it subject to change (it gives me a
> bad taste to have rc.conf sourced everytime apropos is used)? What about
> making it an environment variable (just set it in login.conf) or
> enhancing /etc/manpath.config (BTW: everithing is named *.conf except
> manpath.config)?
Apropos is not the fastest of the programs. Sourcing rc.conf most
likely takes a very small time compared to it's total execution
time.
--
Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS)
dcs@newsguy.com
dcs@freebsd.org
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