Idea for FreeBSD

[Jan Grant]

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:

> Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy at optushome.com.au> writes:
> > So you take each line from inetd.conf (literally) and wrap it in
> > several KB of XML.  This definitely adds to bloat and doesn't even
> > obey the spirit of XML (since the content of each inetd.conf entry
> > remains opaque).
> 
> s/inetd/rc/g
> 
> I completely agree with you - but I also agree with whoever it was that
> suggested adding enable / disable commands to rc.subr.

inetd.conf too(!); see inetconv(1M)

Whilst solaris has some nice bits and pieces, the tendency to take 
configuration (static and dynamic) and shove it into an opaque database 
I personally find problematic: compare the ISC and solaris dhcp servers, 
for instance.

enable/disable sound interesting, however.

jan

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