[FreeBSD-rc] Re: RFC: Removal of the old rc system from -current

[Mark Murray]

Scott Long writes:
> My premise is this: there are people who cvsup and build world on a
> regular basis, track current@, etc, and there are those who are only
> interested in running official releases.  My concern is not the first
> group, but the second group.  The old rc system has been around for
> quite some time, and it might be a shock if it disappears without
> warning.

This would be a plus IMO. I'm aware of at least one FreeBSDer who
installed from CD and wondered why his changes to rc.* (not rc.d.*)
didn't work at all. Removing those files simplifies things.

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