Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 12:56:22 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/src/etc/Makefile install rule. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970501125539.289K-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <18731.862467696@time.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Would anyone have any objections if this suddenly went from > being a no-op to installing: > > rc > rc.firewall > rc.network > rc.serial > rc.pccard > etc.i386/rc.i386 > > Into /etc? > > Only /etc/rc.conf and /etc/rc.local are supposed to be customized, so > that would make the other rc files "generic" enough to simply install > (and if one's not, we should fix that rather than not install it). > > For rc.conf, we might also emit a little message at install time which > reminds those looking through the output to migrate their old rc.conf > by hand. rc.local is just a skeleton and should never need updating - > it's purely a user configuration choice. > > Comments? I think rc.firewall gets pretty heavily customised when it is used. I know I have made quite a few changes here. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891
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