rc.conf variables required by ports

[Simon L. Nielsen]

On 2003.07.24 15:34:15 -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>     Installation of the Linux base system is finished. The Linux kernel
>     mode, which must be enabled for Linux binaries to run, is now
>     enabled. Linux mode can be enabled permanently with the linux_enable
>     variable of rc.conf(5).
> 
> Since it would be so trivial, is there a good reason why we don't
> automate (echo "linux_enable=\"YES\"" >> /etc/rc.conf), and similar
> additions from other ports? Checking a few other ports, none of them
> that I found do this either...
> 
> Maybe there's a general principle I'm missing... :-)

"Don't mess with peoples config files without asking them" :-)

If just the port asks the user, I think it would be OK.  Unless somebody
else thinks it is a bad idea, I would suggest making a patch and
submitting it via a PR.

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen
FreeBSD Documentation Team
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