svn commit: r366626 - head/sbin/reboot

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at freebsd.org
Mon Oct 12 03:33:33 UTC 2020


On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 09:17:42PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2020, 8:13 PM Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > ...
> > I still don't understand how could rm be better than graceful disabling
> > alternative configuration with nextboot_enable="NO".  I most certainly
> > do *not* like when my custom config files are being removed, especially
> > silently.  When I see nextboot_enable="NO"<space> I know that the file
> > had been processed, and processed by the machine, not me (since I would
> > never add trailing space).  When I don't see the file, I'd be questioning
> > myself if I've ever added it here, or maybe I put in the wrong location.
> 
> Nextboot.conf is special. It will be deleted. It doesn't belong to you, it
> belongs to nextboot(8).

OK, I see your point.

> > Personally I find them quite useful, except when they contradict the
> > reality (like this time).  In these cases, I'd fix them.
> 
> For now, it's fine.

Fair enough; I guess we can now wrap this discussion up, thanks!

./danfe


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