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Subject: conf/17929: pccardd uses /etc/pccard.conf.sample when man page says /etc/pccard.conf
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>Number:         17929
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       pccardd uses /etc/pccard.conf.sample when man page says /etc/pccard.conf
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr 11 08:30:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Byron Brummer (aka Zenin)
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	ThinkPad 600 laptop.

>Description:

	The man page for pccard(8) says the default configuration file is
	/etc/pccard.conf, which is false.  /etc/defaults/rc.conf changes
	the config to be /etc/pccard.conf.sample, effectively changing the
	default for all practical use.

	As the file is marked .sample and there is no man page for
	pccard.conf.sample, I assumed it was the same as the
	/etc/ppp/ppp.shells.sample and similar files (such as those
	often placed into /usr/local/etc/rc.d/*.sample).  That is, the
	intension is that the file must be copied into place before it's
	usable; that it's just a sample file, not the real thing.

	I was wrong.

	/etc/defaults/rc.conf "magically" changes this perception, breaking
	the .sample convention used throughout the system, and causing a
	great amount of confusion when none of my changes in
	/etc/pccard.conf had any effect.

	This wasn't the case in earlier releases and it shouldn't be the
	case now, IMHO.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Copy /etc/pccard.conf.sample to /etc/pccard.conf as one would expect
	to be the way to do things.  Change something in /etc/pccard.conf
	and watch pccardd simply ignore your changes.

>Fix:
	
	Set the pccard_conf variable in /etc/defaults/rc.conf to point to
	/etc/pccard.conf.  Either copy or better yet move
	/etc/pccard.conf.sample to /etc/pccard.conf.


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