From owner-cvs-all Tue Jan 26 01:34:26 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA04014 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 01:34:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA04009; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 01:34:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA28687; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:34:17 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id KAA05839; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:34:13 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:34:12 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Peter Wemm , Greg Lehey , Matthew Dillon , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: OBJECTIONS (was Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc) Message-ID: <19990126103412.H382@bitbox.follo.net> References: <199901260523.NAA04624@spinner.netplex.com.au> <49447.917328467@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <49447.917328467@zippy.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 09:27:47PM -0800 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 09:27:47PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > rc.conf should be safe and without side effects so that it is useable by > > other programs as a means of fetching configuration variables. > > I might also add that those programs which edit it, like > /etc/sysinstall, will not take kindly to finding other things in there > at present. :) > > - Jordan > > P.S. That said, I may modify sysinstall to write to /etc/rc.conf.local > instead. Eyh! That file is LOCAL. I've been assuming I could put anything I want in it - specifically without having sysinstall or anything touch it. I also strongly dislike the moving of the sourcing of rc.conf - I know I at least am using text processing tools (sed or awk, depending on which version of my setup) in rc.conf.local to automatically adopt to the correct network interface. Not that I can't handle the change (I have a somewhat non-standard rc, too, so having one more customization is no big deal), I just think this is a Bad Idea. rc.conf.disks would also be ugly, but at least better - or a dual sourcing of rc.conf, with some conditional that allow the use of stuff in /usr for the variables that can handle it. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message