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Date:      Sun, 21 Feb 1999 08:30:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: conf/10179: /etc/make.conf has too many entries
Message-ID:  <199902211630.IAA50721@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR conf/10179; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To: wosch@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: conf/10179: /etc/make.conf has too many entries
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 01:21:02 +0900

 With all due respect, a user who will not read a file because it has
 to many entries will be better touching as little as possible of
 make.conf. In that respect, it is rather well that make.conf is big.
 :-) (I'm serious, though.)
 
 Wolfram Schneider wrote:
 > 
 > >Number:         10179
 > >Category:       conf
 > >Synopsis:       /etc/make.conf has too many entries
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       non-critical
 > >Priority:       low
 > >Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 > >State:          open
 > >Quarter:
 > >Keywords:
 > >Date-Required:
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > >Arrival-Date:   Sun Feb 21 05:10:01 PST 1999
 > >Closed-Date:
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Wolfram Schneider
 > >Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > 
 > Description:
 > 
 > /etc/make.conf has too many entries. The Users will not read the file
 > if it is too long.
 > 
 > There are some entries which will be used only by a single
 > application, e.g. top(1) and cvsup(1).
 > 
 > >Description:
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > >Fix:
 > 
 > At least remove the lines for sup and top.
 > 
 > >Release-Note:
 > >Audit-Trail:
 > >Unformatted:
 > 
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 Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
 dcs@newsguy.com
 dcs@freebsd.org
 
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