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Date:      Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:37:49 -0500
From:      Andrew Hesford <ajh3@usrlib.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
Cc:        Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>, Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>, bsddiy@163.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: import NetBSD rc system
Message-ID:  <20010611203749.D24399@core.usrlib.org>
In-Reply-To: <200106111856.f5BIu8V39651@harmony.village.org>; from imp@harmony.village.org on Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 12:56:08PM -0600
References:  <200106111854.f5BIsX728995@earth.backplane.com> <20010611174717.A77956@laptop.6bone.nl> <1795096378.20010611154930@163.net> <3B2484EA.B1F04812@DougBarton.net> <200106111800.f5BI0il25446@billy-club.village.org> <200106111854.f5BIsX728995@earth.backplane.com> <200106111856.f5BIu8V39651@harmony.village.org>

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On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 12:56:08PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <200106111854.f5BIsX728995@earth.backplane.com> Matt Dillon writes:
> :     I kinda like our scheme... at least I like the single monolithic
> :     /etc/rc.conf file.  It makes maintaining and installing machines 
> :     utterly trivial whereas having a billion little files each with
> :     one or two options in them makes maintaining and installing machines
> :     rather difficult.  I sure hope nobody is advocating doing away with
> :     the monolithic capabilities of /etc/rc.conf!
> 
> While it has been a few months since I looked at the NetBSD stuff, it
> too has a single rc.conf-like file to control things.  Its main
> feature is that you can add new "modules" easily.
> 
> Warner

New "modules"? Isn't that just the same as /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ ? I side
with Mr. Dillon, I hope things stay the way they are.

-- 
Andrew Hesford
ajh3@usrlib.org

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