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Date:      Sun, 22 Feb 2004 09:09:03 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Feature Request: /usr/local/etc/rc.conf support
Message-ID:  <20040222170903.GA91129@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040222074403.GB33450@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <87u11p8sl6.fsf@gray.impulse.net> <20040222055417.GA3941@dragon.nuxi.com> <1077429634.98580.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20040222074403.GB33450@dan.emsphone.com>

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On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 01:44:03AM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Feb 22), Joe Marcus Clarke said:
> > On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 00:54, David O'Brien wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > WHY in the world is there even a /usr/local/etc/rc.subr ???
> > > /etc/rc.subr on 5-CURRENT is perfectly fine.
> > 
> > It was needed for a short time to workaround a package problem on
> > bento.  As of the last round of bsd.*.mk changes, this is no longer the
> > case.  /etc/rc.subr is used where it exists.
> 
> Also needed for 4.x systems.

Please read "on 5-CURRENT".  It was a pruely 5-CURRENT statement.



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