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Subject: Re: /etc/rc.local 
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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 22:55:05 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
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> It does? I've rarely worked with a machine that has an empty
> rc.local.  What if I want to run MySQL, or Apache, or ftpd in stand
> alone mode, or any of the millions of other things that people can
> do in rc.local?

The answer is that such things no longer belong in rc.local; we've
already transitioned away from this (long ago) in favor of the rc.d/
mechanism.  You can't argue for new mechanisms and against them
in the same breath. :-)

- Jordan

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