From owner-freebsd-current Sun Feb 7 08:06:13 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA11014 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 08:06:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picalon.gun.de (picalon.gun.de [192.109.159.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA11006 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 08:06:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: from klemm.gtn.com (pppak04.gtn.com [194.231.123.169]) by picalon.gun.de (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id RAA23120 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 17:06:01 +0100 (MET) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) id RAA91099 for current@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 17:05:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andreas) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 17:05:42 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: some woes about rc.conf.site Message-ID: <19990207170542.A90515@titan.klemm.gtn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-STABLE SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi ! Sorry to say this, but after having to use rc.conf.site as it is now I really kind of 'hate' it. When we had one central rc.conf file it was fun to browse through it and having all supported knobs visible at a glance. No I have to use two vi sessions (or one ,more' and one ,vi' session) in two different (!) windows (especially after a new installation, when X isn't running anymore) and have to browse through both files, to see what's missing in rc.site.conf. Then rc.conf.site has a totally different sort order which is not very helpful/comfortable, when comparing rc.conf and rc.conf.site. Then rc.conf.site doesn't contain every knob which rc.conf has. Well, I think it comes soon to a point, that I have to compare /etc/rc.conf.site with /etc/rc.conf after a make world, to see, if I want/need to merge new knobs into /etc/rc.conf.site. In the good old days we had to compare /usr/src/etc/rc.conf with /etc/rc.conf, which is exactly the same but with one difference... We had a knifty tool named mergemaster, which helped us a lot, to update /etc/rc.conf very easily. Now with an incomplete /etc/rc.conf.site, which contains only a subset of knobs in /etc/rc.conf, you have to do it manually. Well, kill me or not, but I have a certain feeling, that /etc/rc.conf.site is a bit drainbamaged in handling a) after a new installation b) if you have to keep track of changes, since it's not mergemasters, it's your bloody manual task to update it. Well, maybe I overlooked some things advantages ;-) Then please tell me. What do you think ? Or what are your experiences ? Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message