Subject: Re: /etc/*.conf reorg (was Re: `rc.local.conf': bad nam )
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Luke Mewburn <lukem@cs.rmit.edu.au>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 08/13/2000 01:55:02
itojun@iijlab.net writes:
> 	could we have all the default values copied into the last part
> 	(do not leave rc.conf almots empty?)  I find it troublesome when the
> 	default value in /etc/default/rc.conf is changed without my intention
> 	on upgrade or whatever (like foo=NO is changed into YES in
> 	/etc/default/rc.conf, and foo starts out of blue).

like all upgrade procedures, some sensible user interaction would be
required. one of the goals of my proposal is that I can do
	diff /usr/src/etc/default /etc/default |less
and manually examine the changes to the defaults and take appropriate
action in my /etc/rc.conf (et al) before i actually manually copy
/usr/src/etc/default/* to /etc/default/.