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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: explicit use of /etc/rc.d vs service
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2013, Chris Rees wrote:
> On 24 January 2013 20:13, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
>>
>> Should be sshd_enable="YES" in both places.
>
> Why?
>
> Useless quotes are not useful, and the habit of using them everywhere
> is actively harmful.

I'm only talking about rc.conf, where the examples (AFAIK) always use 
quoting.  It's probably a shortcut around having to explain quoting 
things that contain whitespace.

> Sorry to sound a little OCD, but overquoting bothers me, and it
> doesn't fit with rc.subr style.  (Let's ignore defaults/rc.conf for
> now...)

Okay.  Let me put it this way: examples should be consistent, not just 
in a section but preferably across a whole book.  That said, leaving 
these unquoted is not the worst possible thing ever.