From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 7 23:32:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CBB216A4DE; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 23:32:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd-questions@mawer.org) Received: from mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B6843D45; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 23:32:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd-questions@mawer.org) Received: from 203-206-173-235.perm.iinet.net.au (HELO [127.0.0.1]) ([203.206.173.235]) by mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony6.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 08 Aug 2006 07:32:40 +0800 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.07,220,1151856000"; d="scan'208"; a="406495928:sNHT65014980" Message-ID: <44D7CD9C.3010202@mawer.org> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:32:44 +1000 From: Antony Mawer User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: racerx@makeworld.com References: <20060807003815.C7522@ganymede.hub.org> <810a540e0608071342h70a717cdxb8a1d9e077c354c9@mail.gmail.com> <20060807170521.09ce4122.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <44D7ADF5.7010301@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <44D7ADF5.7010301@makeworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Pat Maddox , "Marc G. Fournier" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran Subject: Re: BSDstats Project v2.0 ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:32:44 -0000 On 8/08/2006 7:17 AM, Chris wrote: > After the install, better documentation might be add. Meaning, it needs > to be defined that the 2 lines > > To enable the port, edit or create /etc/periodic.conf and add this line: > monthly_statistics_enable=yes > > To enable device reporting, add this line: > monthly_statistics_report_devices=yes Why not tackle this in a similar manner to the Postfix port - after installing (provided we're not in a non-interactive build), we prompt: Do you wish to activate stats reporting in /etc/periodic.conf [n]? y Do you wish to report your installed hardware? Would you like to submit your systems stats now? or something along those lines. This would make it much easier than people installing the port and neglecting to set the appropriate lines, effectively achieving nil ;-) -Antony