/usr/local/etc/rc.conf

[Danny Braniss]

> 
> On Sat, 29 May 2004, Patrick Tracanelli wrote:
> 
> > I remember it has been discussed before, but the terms were a little bit
> > different, so tell me, isn't it appropriate rc.subr to suck the
> > configuration parameters from /usr/local/etc/rc.conf instead  of
> > /etc/rc.conf when running startupscripts for third party applications
> > (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/)?
> >
> > To keep the organization principles, I dislike putting those
> > instructions into /etc/rc.conf when it should be read by 3rd party apps,
> > since I consider /etc/ to be used by the base system. Altho' old style
> > .sh scripts are still usefull under ${local_startup} dirs, ports
> > maintainers tend to write new style rc scripts that uses rc.subr to read
> > the user defined options (usually via /etc/rc.conf).
> >
> > Easy solution would be
> >
> > rc_conf_files="/etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.local /usr/local/etc/rc.conf"
> >
> > into /etc/rc.conf, but it seems to be ignored by rc.subr when it's not
> > at /etc/defaults/rc.conf;
> >
> > Some 3rd party startupscripts read rc.subr from /usr/local/etc/, so if
> > it suck only ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.conf options, would force users to
> > configure it in the right place, but it would break POLA and since some
> > scripts read /etc/rc.subr instead if ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.subr, would also
> > break some ports (very very bad idea).
> >
> > So, to allow ports startupscript to be configured from
> > /usr/local/etc/rc.conf but also prevent people who are today used to mix
> > everything in /etc/rc.conf from having their app. not starting, defining
> >
> > rc_conf_files="/etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.local /usr/local/etc/rc.conf"
> >
> > into /etc/defaults/rc.conf would just do it, nothing would break and
> > port's pkg-message could start trying to educate users to populate
> > /usr/local/etc/rc.conf for ports startup options and leaving
> > /etc/rc.conf only for the base system...
> 
> Having multiple locations for system startup parameters (A là Windows) is
> a maintenance headache even when there's a logical method to the
> madness. I'm saying this as the admin of 6 racks packed with 1U and 2U
> machines. Be gentle... ;)
> 

and some of us (i hope more than one), have /usr/local shared among many.

danny