Re: "man" reads /etc/rc.conf?

[Oliver Fromme]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in list.freebsd-current: you wrote (9 Nov 
1999 21:13:42 +0100):
 > (101) netchild@ttyp2 > man -k adadadad
 > cat: /etc/isdn/connect.parameters: Permission denied
 > adadadad: nothing appropriate
 > 
 > (102) netchild@ttyp2 > grep cat /etc/rc.conf.local
 > spppconfig_isp0="`cat /etc/isdn/connect.parameters`"

Using command substitution in /etc/rc.conf{,.local} is NOT
officially supported.  I think it should have always been
clear that there should _only_ be plain variable assignments.
That's probably just because you never know which programs
try to read them.

 > Is this just my system or is man really reading rc.conf(.local)?

I think that's perfectly legal.

Regards
   Oliver

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