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Re: Moving rc.d scripts to base.tgz



jmmv%julipedia.org@localhost (Julio Merino) writes:

>The fact that these things are not configurable nicely, other than by
>editing hardcoded values, is a result of these scripts trying to be
>generic but not really being because people is supposed to edit them
>in place.  This is not the result of a nice design.

The nice design is to keep such checks easily edible. Instant flexibility
instead of limited choices chosen by the designers.
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