> Then why bother having rc.conf in the first place? Just wire in all > the defaults straight into /etc/rc and leave rc.conf strictly for > overriding the defaults only, and eliminate rc.conf.* entirely.
Because rc.conf contains configuration variables, whereas rc contains commands to execute at boot time. The configuration information stored in rc.conf is applicable to more than just /etc/rc. Splitting out the configuration into a seperate file (rc.conf) means it can be sourced by other utility scripts, such as /etc/rc.firewall. Sourcing /etc/rc to pick up config info would be a disaster. And FWIW, I'm in favour of a read-only rc.conf with machine specific overrides in rc.conf.local. rc.conf.site should vanish. --lyndon
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