From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 17 9: 5: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AA6E111CE for ; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:04:54 -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 SAA22251; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 18:04:53 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id SAA70908; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 18:04:52 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 18:04:52 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Greg Lehey Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Luoqi Chen , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/defaults/rc.conf Message-ID: <19990217180451.C70718@bitbox.follo.net> References: <199902161404.JAA19485@lor.watermarkgroup.com> <21878.919185871@zippy.cdrom.com> <19990217181506.O515@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <19990217181506.O515@lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 06:15:06PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 06:15:06PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 16 February 1999 at 9:24:31 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > >> If I have a /etc/defaults/rc.conf, then my /etc/rc.conf won't be consulted. > > > > Wrong. You need to read just a bit FURTHER into that file before > > jumping to such conclusions. :-) > > Been there, done that. Next thing is to write a book about it. Can I > hope that it won't change again this year? You can _hope_. Eivind, who has a number of things he would like to see be different in the rc system (including rc.conf) - see http://www.freebsd.org/~eivind/newrc.html for a set of requirements and a couple of thoughts. Missed requirements are welcome. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message