In message <pine.bsf.4.05.9902100724470.1343-100...@nomad.dataplex.net>, Richar d Wackerbarth wrote: } } On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, John Fieber wrote: } } > On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, jack wrote: } > } > > If /etc/rc.conf only contains changes from the defaults when } > > man something_or_other tells the user to find and edit } > > something_or_other_flags in /etc/rc.conf the entry won't be } > > there to edit. } > } > Why must it contain only changes? Is there any reason it } > couldn't be a copy of the default rc.conf on a new installation? } } Alternately, it could be a copy of the default file with every item } commented out. That would provide the clues for those who need to } edit values and still not mess up the default behavior of a new install } with old options that might have changed but were not explicitly } overridden.
But then you're right back where you started. Since rc.conf isn't supposed to be touched by the install/upgrade tools, it'll get out of date (and will become a hinderance rather than a help) as default settings change, and as settings are added/deleted. -- Jon Hamilton hamil...@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
