Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:30:54 -0700 From: Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> To: Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r350184 - in head: libexec/rc/rc.d release/picobsd/tinyware/login share/man/man5 usr.bin/login Message-ID: <CAG6CVpX2KSsZYzeSkXCZH4LP6=fKGYLYor9mDd_zb1RirtRRKw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <DB9BB770-69E1-4C26-9FB6-F89FAB86E48F@FreeBSD.org> References: <201907202056.x6KKuWsF011171@repo.freebsd.org> <DB9BB770-69E1-4C26-9FB6-F89FAB86E48F@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 3:52 AM Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 20 Jul 2019, at 22:56, Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > Author: cem > > Date: Sat Jul 20 20:56:31 2019 > > New Revision: 350184 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/350184 > > > > Log: > > motd: Generate from template to /var/run > > And the "why?" is probably: "to avoid writing in /etc"? Yep. I could have done a better job of summarizing the issues brought up in discussion in response to r349256. Templated formatting works for both ends: syncs and other writes are mostly elided, and the possibility of corrupting the source template is removed. Cheers, Conrad
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