On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:10:58PM +1000, Luke Mewburn wrote:
> 
> what about just having a section at the top of the rc.d script itself
> that sets the defaults?
> 
> e.g, for /etc/rc.d/ntpdate, something like:
> 	/etc/rc.d/ntpdate:
>     [...]
> 	. /etc/rc.subr
> 
>  --> new section follows
>  --> contains "defaults: " and then a description of what it does
> 	# defaults: set date and time via NTP
> 	ntpdate=NO
> 	ntpdate_flags="-b -s"
> 
> 	name="ntpdate"
> 	rcvar=$name
> 	start_cmd="ntpdate_start"
>     [...]
> 	load_rc_config $name
> 	run_rc_command "$1"

would, in this case, the defaults be overridden by rc.conf?

	-is