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From: Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mib.c
In-Reply-To: <87827.917312167@zippy.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jan 25, 99 04:56:07 pm"
To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:51:03 +0000 (GMT)
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> >     Do people have any objections to running ifconfig and route inside
> >     /etc/rc.conf to 'calculate' a machine-specific rc.conf.local path ?
> 
> I do - I like the fact that rc.conf is a "passive" mechanism and can
> be included multiple times (or trivially overridden in rc.conf.local)
> since it only defines variables and has no other "side effects."
> 
> - Jordan

The commands can be done in /etc/rc (if rc.diskless) before doing rc.conf and
if necessary let rc.conf pick up the values already found.

Adam David <adam@veda.is>

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