From owner-cvs-all Sat Dec 12 08:11:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA05855 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 08:11:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from miris.lcs.mit.edu (miris.lcs.mit.edu [18.111.0.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA05850 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 08:11:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from beng@miris.lcs.mit.edu) Received: from miris.lcs.mit.edu (beng@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by miris.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA03344; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:10:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199812121610.LAA03344@miris.lcs.mit.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav cc: Matthew Dillon , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , shmit@kublai.com, dima@best.net, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/rc.local In-reply-to: Your message of "12 Dec 1998 14:53:02 +0100." From: Benjamin Greenwald X-Sender: beng@lcs.mit.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:10:45 -0500 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Matthew Dillon writes: > > And, I think, the original author has a point on the naming conventions ... > > rc.local should be, well, local. I'd definitely move the motd junk to The problem with moving the "motd junk" to /etc/rc is that the motd should be a local entity. Otherwise it defeats the entire purpose of the Message Of The Day, turning what was intended to be a default into a standard. This change will force anyone who actually DOES change their motd from the default into putting local changes in /etc/rc. Leave it alone... the current setup isn't just historical, it's correct. -Ben To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message