From owner-cvs-all Sat Dec 12 08:19:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA06645 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 08:19:36 -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 IAA06640 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 08:19:34 -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 LAA03572; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:19:16 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199812121619.LAA03572@miris.lcs.mit.edu> 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 17:14:28 +0100." From: Benjamin Greenwald X-Sender: beng@lcs.mit.edu Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:19:16 -0500 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Sorry, my bad. -Ben > Benjamin Greenwald writes: > > > Matthew Dillon writes: > > > > And, I think, the original author has a point on the naming convent ions > > ... > > > > 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 chan ge > > will force anyone who actually DOES change their motd from the default into > > putting local changes in /etc/rc. > > No. Please read the code in /etc/rc.local before commenting. > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message