Subject: Re: What about startup scripts??
To: Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.yi.org>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 12/31/2000 10:59:23
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Jared D. McNeill wrote:

> On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Dominik Rothert wrote:
> > Tim Rightnour <root@garbled.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > That sounds good to me. Does anyone have any objections?
> > > First.. IMHO.. I should only have to edit my startup configuration in *one*
> > > place, and that place should be /etc/rc.conf.
> >
> > I don't like seeing the install of a package which is _optional_ modifying
> > an _essential_ configuration file, which is needed for proper booting.
> 
> Isn't this what /etc/rc.conf.d was designed for?

Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. We could still put the default into
/etc/rc.pkg.conf ("NO"), and let the user edit /etc/rc.conf.d/<any> or
/etc/rc.conf, his choice.


Frederick