From owner-cvs-all Tue Mar 30 19:52: 7 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15C2C1506C; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 19:52:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA08753; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:51:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <199903310351.WAA08753@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Warner Losh Cc: Sheldon Hearn , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.sysctl rc rc.network src/etc/defaults rc.conf References: <10172.922810094@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <199903301843.LAA03625@harmony.village.org> In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 30 Mar 1999 11:43:34 MST." <199903301843.LAA03625@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:51:14 -0500 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > In message <10172.922810094@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sheldon Hearn writes: > : The more I look at this, the more I'm confused about your intentions. If > : sysctl.conf is the new home for sysctl's, why commit log_in_vain to > : rc.conf? > > The log_in_vain stuff was considered to be a "unit" of interface. > Much like the tcp_extensions stuff. It makes things easier to > configure for the novice for popular options. Also, the log_in_vain > stuff touched multiple variables and I think there was a minor timing > issue as well. > > While I was doing it, I received feedback that a generic way of doing > this was desirable, so I implemented the sysctl.conf interface as well > to allow people to set anything they wanted in there. > Would this be a good time to choose a more descriptive name than "log_in_vain"? You'd be hard pressed to figure out this had anything to do with TCP connections, and perhaps more to do with trying to log disk errors to the broken disk.. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message