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Subject: terse output from sysctl in netstart
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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The following lines are in /etc/netstart:

===
if [ -n "$tcp_extensions" -a "x$tcp_extensions" = "xNO" ] ; then
	sysctl -nw net.inet.tcp.rfc1323=0
	sysctl -nw net.inet.tcp.rfc1644=0
fi
===

The output from these lines look like:

===
0
0
===

Which looks more than a little puzzling during bootup.

Will anyone scream bloody murder if I take out the `n' from the flags?
Then the output will be like

===
net.inet.tcp.rfc1323: 1 -> 0
net.inet.tcp.rfc1644: 1 -> 0
===

which is far more informative for newbies like me.

Satoshi