From owner-freebsd-arch Sat Feb 24 15:56:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from moby.geekhouse.net (moby.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E60137B6AC for ; Sat, 24 Feb 2001 15:56:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (john@dhcp152.geekhouse.net [192.168.1.152]) by moby.geekhouse.net (8.11.0/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f1ONu6181837; Sat, 24 Feb 2001 15:56:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <15000.8258.691426.704099@nomad.yogotech.com> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 15:55:45 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin To: Nate Williams Subject: Re: DJBDNS vs. BIND Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org, josb@cncdsl.com, Alfred Perlstein , Terry Lambert , Randell Jesup , Wes Peters , Tony Finch , Matt Dillon Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 24-Feb-01 Nate Williams wrote: >> Storing program-specific configuration data for many diverse >> applications >> in a single file is (A) a stupid idea, (B) a stupid idea, and most >> importantly (C) ... a stupid idea. > > So, does that mean we should get rid of /etc/rc.conf? It's the configuration file for /etc/rc. Just one conceptual program. :) It doesn't specify configuration information for the programs that rc runs, just what programs to run. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message