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From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
Subject: Re: conf/31555: rc.syscons does not run standalone
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The following reply was made to PR conf/31555; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To: Seth Kingsley <sethk@meowfishies.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: conf/31555: rc.syscons does not run standalone
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:18:46 +0200

 On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 08:46:57AM -0800, Seth Kingsley wrote:
 > 
 > >Number:         31555
 > >Category:       conf
 > >Synopsis:       rc.syscons does not run standalone
 > >Originator:     Seth Kingsley
 > >Release:        FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > System: FreeBSD kaneda.meowfishies.com 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0:
 > Sun Oct 21 21:17:41 PDT 2001
 > sethk@kaneda.meowfishies.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KANEDA i386
 > 
 > >Description:
 > Syscons should the definitions in /etc/{defaults/,}rc.conf so it may be
 > run stand-alone.
 > 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > 	% sh /etc/rc.syscons
 
 None of the other rc scripts are designed to run standalone.
 It's actually a simple matter of doing:
 
 % ( . /etc/defaults/rc.conf; source_rc_confs; . /etc/rc.syscons )
 
 I usually run those in a subshell so as not to clutter my login
 shell's environment.
 
 G'luck,
 Peter
 
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 If wishes were fishes, the antecedent of this conditional would be true.

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