Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:23:18 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc Message-ID: <199901260523.NAA04624@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:49:43 %2B1030." <19990126154943.L66239@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Monday, 25 January 1999 at 21:14:42 -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> >>> The vinum setup tool automatically loads the vinum module if it's neede
d,
> >>> there is no need to duplicate the logic here.
> >>>
> >>> XXX rc.conf needs to be read sooner..
> >>
> >> Why didn't you do it?
> >
> > I don't want to break anyone without asking first. If we run rc.conf
> > sooner, we'll be running it *before* /usr is mounted. If that's ok,
> > then I'll do it ( and we can control the standard fsck & mounting with
> > rc.conf options), Else ...
>
> I suppose we need to define more carefully what may and may not go
> into rc.conf. I've always seen it as a place for variable definitions
> only. Does anybody find that too restrictive?
Various others have it's meant to be a variable definitions only thing.
rc.conf should be safe and without side effects so that it is useable by
other programs as a means of fetching configuration variables.
Cheers,
-Peter
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