On 11 Feb 1999 kai.grossjoh...@cs.uni-dortmund.de wrote:
> Jon Hamilton <hamil...@pobox.com> writes:
>
> > 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.
>
> Can we make something which compares /etc/rc.conf and
> /etc/default/rc.conf and emits warnings if a variable is set in
> /etc/rc.conf which isn't in /etc/default/rc.conf?
>
> I realize that this is not as simple as extracting all variable names
> from both files, sorting them, and running diff. There are a few
> variable names which are variable, for instance the network interface
> settings.
Actually, it's almost that easy. It may require a few "hints" at the beginning
of the file, but I could make a shell script (not using sed/awk/whatnot) to do
this if anyone would want it.
>
> kai `a FreeBSD newbie but hopefully not stupid'
> --
> I like _b_o_t_h kinds of music.
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