From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 10 11:17:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from indyio.rz.uni-sb.de (indyio.rz.uni-sb.de [134.96.7.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1F4E14E16 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:17:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netchild@Vodix.CS.Uni-SB.de) Received: from mars.rz.uni-sb.de (ns0.rz.uni-sb.de [134.96.7.5]) by indyio.rz.uni-sb.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA10415575; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:17:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from work.net.local (maxtnt-022.telip.uni-sb.de [134.96.70.149]) by mars.rz.uni-sb.de (8.8.8/8.8.4/8.8.2) with ESMTP id UAA16459; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:17:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from Vodix.CS.Uni-SB.de (netchild@localhost.net.local [127.0.0.1]) by work.net.local (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA00926; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:22:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from netchild@Vodix.CS.Uni-SB.de) Message-Id: <199911101822.TAA00926@work.net.local> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:22:27 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Leidinger Subject: Re: "man" reads /etc/rc.conf? To: dcs@newsguy.com Cc: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3829908C.7BDA9DD@newsguy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 11 Nov, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: >> >> (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. Itīs there to hide login/passwd information for i4b. [apropos sourcing rc.conf] >> Do we have to live with this or is it subject to change (it gives me >> 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. I hadnīt execution time in mind. Itīs more a "Thereīs manpath.config, why didnīt we use it for this?". Bye, Alexander. -- There is no seeing eye dog for blind faith. http://netchild.home.pages.de A.Leidinger+Home @ WJPServer.CS.Uni-SB.de Key fingerprint = 7423 F3E6 3A7E B334 A9CC B10A 1F5F 130A A638 6E7E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message