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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:42:37 -0800
From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.org>,
	Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc
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On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 04:59:49PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> > I still kind of like the idea of breaking /etc/sysctl.conf into
> > sections
> 
> 	The problem with that approach is that it requires users to know
> at which stages in the process different mibs are available to twiddle. I
> think that's asking too much.

Totally agreed.  I guess the fix to that, though, is for someone to
create a config file that seperated the MIB entries into "sections".
Thus "/etc/rc.sysctl first" would know to DTRT w/o the user having to.

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