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Subject: Re: loader.conf conditional assignment
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To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:44:19 +0200 (CEST)
Cc: Igor M Podlesny <hostmaster@morning.ru>,
	"Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>,
	Vadim Vygonets <vadik-hackers@freebsd.vygo.net>,
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From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net>
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Mike Smith wrote:
> > Is there any chance off implementing syntax like
> > 
> > kernel=${kernel:-/kernel}
> > 
> > which is obviously sh-compilant?
> 
> I don't much like either of these proposals.
> 
> My principal objection is that they're trying to solve the wrong problem.
> 
> The original poster is setting $kernel in the DHCP client code, and then 
> having it overwritten when defaults/loader.conf is parsed.
> 
> If instead they set $dhcp_kernel, and then put
> 
> kernel=$dhcp_kernel
> 
> in their "real" loader.conf the entire problem should go away, and we 
> don't have to extend any of the syntax.

what's happen if $dhcp_kernel isn't sets ?

Cyrille.
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Cyrille Lefevre                 mailto:clefevre@citeweb.net

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