Bridge config in /etc/rc (patch)

[Peter Pentchev]

On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 09:51:11PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> On Tue, 6 May 2003, Benjamin F. Burke wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 02:50, Doug Barton wrote:
> > > True, but that's another step down the road of "How do we deal with the
> > > issue of $BIGNUM conf options in a way that users can handle?" Our current
> > > solution for that is to include them all in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and
> > > mostly in rc.conf.5. I'm not sure that solution scales, but I'm equally
> > > uncomfortable with the idea of UNdocumented options.
> >
> > I wonder how many experienced freebsd users really dislike having to
> > use the current rc.conf setup.
> 
> Experienced users can fend for themselves regarding edge cases like bridge
> configurations. That's what rc.local is for. I'm worried about not
> overwhelming new users.
> 
> > But if this is about ease of use for the less-experienced, why not keep
> > putting all the options in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and create a
> > sysinstall-like interface to them that new users can run?
> 
> Sorry, the patch you sent implementing that option was lost in your
> e-mail. Can you resend it? If you're confused by this response, see the
> archives.

Not quite sysinstallish, but, once again, an rc.conf editing application
already exists: ports/sysutils/thefish :)

G'luck,
Peter

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