Jason Helfman <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:01:10 -0000 >>> "Dave" <[email protected]> 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. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
