Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:19:08 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org, Alfred Morgan <alfred.morgan@experclick.com> Subject: Re: update document Message-ID: <441E657C.1040209@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <C0435540.ADB4%ceri@submonkey.net> References: <C0435540.ADB4%ceri@submonkey.net>
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Ceri Davies wrote: > On 15/3/06 19:15, "Alfred Morgan" <alfred.morgan@experclick.com> wrote: > >> In this document: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/rc-scripts.h >> tml >> >> Can we change: >> >> rcvar=${name}_enable >> >> to be : >> >> rcvar=`set_rcvar` >> >> so that it would be a good example how to be other OS (OpenBSD) >> compatible as well. The set_rcvar function simply returns ${name}_enable, so setting that value explicitly in the example removes a layer of indirection, and helps make it more clear what's happening there, which makes it a better example. There are occasionally good reasons for making $rcvar something other than ${name}_enable, however that's considered more of an "expert" knob, and the reasons for doing so are beyond the scope of that particular document. hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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