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From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
To: ADRIAN Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com>
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On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, ADRIAN Filipi-Martin wrote:

> 	I say leave well enough alone.  It's wasted effort. The start/stop
> directory under /usr/local is enough to satisfy the thrid party software
> that wants to install without editing the rc-files.

But I sure wish they would consistently take 'start', 'stop' and
'restart' arguments...most that come with ports are only good for
launching.

-john


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