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Date:      Sat, 24 Feb 2001 15:55:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.org, josb@cncdsl.com, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>, Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>
Subject:   Re: DJBDNS vs. BIND
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010224155545.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <15000.8258.691426.704099@nomad.yogotech.com>

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On 24-Feb-01 Nate Williams wrote:
>>     Storing program-specific configuration data for many diverse
>>     applications
>>     in a single file is (A) a stupid idea, (B) a stupid idea, and most 
>>     importantly (C) ... a stupid idea. 
> 
> So, does that mean we should get rid of /etc/rc.conf?

It's the configuration file for /etc/rc.  Just one conceptual program. :)
It doesn't specify configuration information for the programs that rc runs,
just what programs to run.

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