Subject: Re: An idea to simplify future updates of (some) /etc files for new releases
To: None <cjs@portal.ca>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/06/1997 11:11:00 
The suggestion of allowing an empty /etc/rc.conf was interesing.
That could be done by just setting the defaults in /etc/rc before
/etc/rc.conf is "dotted in."  For example:

# in /etc/rc
xntpd_flags=NO
# ...
#
# Now include rc.conf so it can override xntpd, etc.
. /etc/rc.conf
# ...