Personally, I have to side with Matt. I like to have ALL of the files in one directory. That way I can "grep ntpd /etc/rc*" and find ALL the line that are likely to affect it. Moving some of the files into another directory just complicates things.
I like the idea of having all the "default knobs" in one file. I recommend /etc/rc.conf.defaults On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > If you want to put 'read only' junk into /etc/defaults, then why aren't > > you also sticking /etc/rc, /etc/rc.network, /etc/rc.firewall, etc etc > > etc > > into /etc/defaults ? It makes no sense to have an /etc/defaults/ > > directory if you are still mixing read-only and user-modifiable files > > in /etc. > > There is an eventual plan to put more things into /etc/defaults, yes. > One has to, however, start somewhere. :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
