> > > > until I realized that /etc/rc.conf was empty. It's the anti-POLA! ;)
>
> > > That's "POMA" :)
>
> > Could somebody tell me the meaning of those acronyms?
>
> POLA -> Policy? Of Least Astonishment
> POMA ->"" Most "(seems jkh just made this one up :-)
>
> anyway, t
On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 07:14:26AM +0100, Leif Neland wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > > until I realized that /etc/rc.conf was empty. It's the anti-POLA! ;)
> > That's "POMA" :)
> Could somebody tell me the meaning of those acronyms?
POLA -> Policy? Of Least Astonis
On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > until I realized that /etc/rc.conf was empty. It's the anti-POLA! ;)
>
> That's "POMA" :)
>
Could somebody tell me the meaning of those acronyms?
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> until I realized that /etc/rc.conf was empty. It's the anti-POLA! ;)
That's "POMA" :)
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Today Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> Erm. Neither of these behaviors are intended, if that's what's going
> on. Like I said, I'm waiting for my own release build to finish right
> now and will happily fix this if I can reproduce it. It should write
> only the customized variables in either the inst
> I think it's a feature. RELENG_3, as of this morning, does the
> same thing for a new install, except that the file exists but is
> empty except for the "...just the overrides..." header.
>
> For an `upgrade' install it copies _all_ of the old rc.conf
> values into the new one, advertising th
Hmmm. No, that's not what's expected. I've got a test release
rolling on my own machine right now and will install my spam box
with it once it finishes. The intention is definitely for the
changes (and only those) to be written out to /etc/rc.conf.
- Jordan
> I just installed a 4.0-SNAP on my
On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 10:19:27PM -0500, a little birdie told me
that jack remarked
>
> I think it's a feature. RELENG_3, as of this morning, does the
> same thing for a new install, except that the file exists but is
> empty except for the "...just the overrides..." header.
>
> For an `upgra
Today Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> I just installed a 4.0-SNAP on my laptop (replacing the old 2.2.7
> installation), and I must say once I stopped doing stupid things the
> install went nicely. But I noticed after I rebooted that
> 'myname.my.domain' didn't write out any of the config information
