help! 5.1 doesn't do the rc thing?

[Mike Bristow]

On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 11:49:00AM -0700, Charlie Schluting wrote:
> Yes, of course :)
> That's why I'm perplexed. I let it install the files it wanted to,
> except for obvious things I didn't want overwritten: passwd file,
> sendmail config, etc.
> 
> Just to verify: my old rc.conf should be read (and honored) right?

Yes.  But it may contain bogosity; what does ". /etc/rc.conf" do?
What's in /etc/rc.conf?