Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:14:44 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.org>, Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>, <imp@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc Message-ID: <20020318211222.D57401-100000@zoot.corp.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020318194237.A18907@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, David O'Brien wrote:
> 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.
I don't oppose more complex (or even more correct, if you wish) solutions,
as I stated earlier. However, given that _documenting_ the mibs has sat in
various people's trees for ages now, I hold no confidence that such a
config file would ever be created, or kept up to date. Also, there is the
issue of what mibs are available when is highly dependent on things like
module loading, etc. I think that there may be too many variables for such
an approach to be successful
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