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To: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Heads up! /etc/rc.conf.site is dead.
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Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> writes:

  > But then you're right back where you started.  Since rc.conf isn't
  > supposed to be touched by the install/upgrade tools, it'll get out
  > of date (and will become a hinderance rather than a help) as
  > default settings change, and as settings are added/deleted.

Can we make something which compares /etc/rc.conf and
/etc/default/rc.conf and emits warnings if a variable is set in
/etc/rc.conf which isn't in /etc/default/rc.conf?

I realize that this is not as simple as extracting all variable names
from both files, sorting them, and running diff.  There are a few
variable names which are variable, for instance the network interface
settings.

kai `a FreeBSD newbie but hopefully not stupid'
-- 
I like _b_o_t_h kinds of music.

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