From owner-cvs-all Wed Aug 26 23:27:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA18204 for cvs-all-outgoing; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:27:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles320.castles.com [208.214.167.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA18177; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:27:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA01547; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:24:14 GMT (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199808262324.XAA01547@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Mike Smith , Matthew Dillon , Bruce Evans , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc make.conf In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:18:43 MST." <1088.904198723@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:24:13 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > It is still valid to have rc.conf.template, rc.conf and rc.conf.local, > > where the second is common to a group of machines, and the last > > specific only to the machine in question. > > Eek. I can't argue with the logic of any of this, but my skin's > still crawling. :) I agree that it's hairy. It might be worthwhile just placing a remark in the rc.conf manpage indicating that this level of flexibility can be achieved with such a construct, and leaving rc.conf.local out of the picture as such. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com