From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 20 06:03:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA10510 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 06:03:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mole.mole.org (marmot.mole.org [204.216.57.191]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA10493 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 06:03:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mole.mole.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA11212; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:02:41 GMT Received: from meerkat.mole.org(206.197.192.110) by mole.mole.org via smap (V1.3) id sma011210; Thu Jun 20 13:02:26 1996 Received: (from mrm@localhost) by meerkat.mole.org (8.6.11/8.6.9) id GAA26153; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 06:02:26 -0700 Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 06:02:26 -0700 From: "M.R.Murphy" Message-Id: <199606201302.GAA26153@meerkat.mole.org> To: davidg@Root.COM, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: NFS install problem with 2.2-960612-SNAP, motd, etc. Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, mbarkah@hemi.com Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > It doesn't really overwrite the file. It simply prepends the FreeBSD > > version string to the front of the file. The previous contents are still > > kept intact. > > We should still probably take this out - no reason to be scribbling on > an administrator's carefully crafted motd file now, is there? :-) > If the motd file were _carefully_ crafted, the administrator would know how the sed command in rc.local worked and take it into account. It doesn't really matter if it's taken out or not. If I want it in my _LOCAL_ rc.local, I'll put it back in. What I'd like to bring attention to is fixing that which in fact isn't broken. Is there not enough work to be done fixing that which is broken? Hrrumph. Curmudgeon mode now dribbling back to normal grumpy mode and back in the corner... -- Mike Murphy mrm@Mole.ORG +1 619 598 5874 Better is the enemy of Good