From owner-cvs-all Tue Jan 26 03:03:59 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA16145 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 03:03:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id DAA15956; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 03:03:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id HAA29532; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:47:13 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199901260647.HAA29532@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mib.c To: dillon@FreeBSD.ORG (Matt Dillon) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:47:13 +0100 (MET) Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199901251826.KAA99368@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Matt Dillon" at Jan 25, 99 10:25:50 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > dillon 1999/01/25 10:26:09 PST > > Modified files: > sys/kern kern_mib.c > Log: > Add kern.conf_dir sysctl. This is a R+W string used to specify the > directory containing rc.conf.local and rc.local, and possibly other > things in the future. > > This sysctl is used by the diskless startup code and new rc.conf. If > it cannot be found or is empty, the system should revert to using /etc. as i said in a previous msg, this seems totally redundant. Running `hostname` when rc starts will give you the same exact result -- it is uninitialized for non-bootp machine, and set to the hostname by BOOTP if this is used. I really hate redundant methods, because then you have to keep them consistent all over the place. cheers luigi -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- Luigi RIZZO . EMAIL: luigi@iet.unipi.it . Dip. di Ing. dell'Informazione HTTP://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ . Universita` di Pisa TEL/FAX: +39-050-568.533/522 . via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message