Jason Helfman <jhelf...@e-e.com> writes: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 09:49:46AM -0500, Chris Brennan thus spake: >>On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Bruce Cran <br...@cran.org.uk> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:01:10 -0000 >>> "Dave" <d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> > Sysinstall alows you to select and enable one, but not remove it! >>> > >>> > Bit of an oversight that I suspect.... >>> >>> Fixed in r216651 :) >>> >> >> >>IIRC ';' isn't a valid bash comment ... (which has been previously discussed >>elsewhere). It's usually safer to use '#' for comment in /etc/rc.conf and >>other system config files as they typically use BASH style structs. > > IMHO... > It seems that /etc/rc.conf is in need of a sytax check script. Something > similiar to visudo for editing /usr/local/etc/sudoers.
Well, rc.conf isn't supposed to have anything but variable settings, so for syntax alone, "/bin/sh /etc/rc.conf" is a perfectly fine test. If you want to check semantics as well, things get complicated very quickly. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
