From owner-cvs-all Sat Dec 12 03:26:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA12220 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 03:26:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.26.10.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA12214 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 03:26:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bde@godzilla.zeta.org.au) Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA16386; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 22:25:59 +1100 Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 22:25:59 +1100 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199812121125.WAA16386@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: committers@FreeBSD.ORG, des@flood.ping.uio.no Subject: Re: /etc/rc.local Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >I find it illogical that this file contains actual code, whereas all >other *local files are optional local additions. Would it not make >sense to move the code in rc.local (which updates /etc/motd) to rc, >and remove rc.local? At least it'll save me the pain of forgetting >that I have local mods and nuking it with 'cp /usr/src/etc/rc* /etc'. rc.devfs also contains actual code. This shouldn't be a problem, since these files are not executed unless they exist, but someone recently broke `make install' to always install "missing" files. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message