From owner-cvs-all Mon Jan 25 21:23:49 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA03347 for cvs-all-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:23:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (spinner.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA03337; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:23:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.netplex.com.au (8.9.2/8.9.2/Netplex) with ESMTP id NAA04624; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:23:19 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <199901260523.NAA04624@spinner.netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Greg Lehey cc: Matthew Dillon , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:49:43 +1030." <19990126154943.L66239@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:23:18 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message