Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 12:53:51 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bridge config in /etc/rc (patch) Message-ID: <20030509095351.GE13112@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20030506214845.X5620@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <011901c31390$7aef5730$0300000a@antalus> <20030505225826.G666@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <20030506002824.G666@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <1052215193.41902.130.camel@watchtower.office.parksmediagroup.com> <20030506214845.X5620@znfgre.qbhto.arg>
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--Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 09:51:11PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On Tue, 6 May 2003, Benjamin F. Burke wrote: >=20 > > On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 02:50, Doug Barton wrote: > > > True, but that's another step down the road of "How do we deal with t= he > > > issue of $BIGNUM conf options in a way that users can handle?" Our cu= rrent > > > solution for that is to include them all in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and > > > mostly in rc.conf.5. I'm not sure that solution scales, but I'm equal= ly > > > uncomfortable with the idea of UNdocumented options. > > > > I wonder how many experienced freebsd users really dislike having to > > use the current rc.conf setup. >=20 > Experienced users can fend for themselves regarding edge cases like bridge > configurations. That's what rc.local is for. I'm worried about not > overwhelming new users. >=20 > > But if this is about ease of use for the less-experienced, why not keep > > putting all the options in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and create a > > sysinstall-like interface to them that new users can run? >=20 > Sorry, the patch you sent implementing that option was lost in your > e-mail. Can you resend it? If you're confused by this response, see the > archives. Not quite sysinstallish, but, once again, an rc.conf editing application already exists: ports/sysutils/thefish :) G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@sbnd.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 This sentence contradicts itself - or rather - well, no, actually it doesn'= t! --Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+u3qv7Ri2jRYZRVMRAooqAJ9x7zzpwRiOZtQqrWSk0PAPWSbxKwCfWhT3 kv1cH50j9TW3qmw/4W98vkY= =iezU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU--
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