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Subject: Re: sysrc -- a sysctl(8)-like utility for managing /etc/rc.conf et.
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Warren> Consider also the docs that tell the user to
Warren>    echo 'something_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

Warren> which can produce duplicate and possibly differing entries.

Yup!  Which is exactly why I like the idea of this tool.