> On 29. januar 2015 at 12:48 PM, "Nick Holland" <n...@holland-consulting.net> > wrote: > > > >On 01/28/15 17:25, openda...@hushmail.com wrote: > >... > >> Most of my daemons don't have any flags ... > >... > >Really? Look closer... > > > >IF the vast majority of daemons didn't have any flags at all, maybe > >there'd be some merit to this, but I don't think that's true. > > > >Here's a moderately simple rc.conf.local on one of my machines > > ftpd_flags="-llSA" > > mountd_flags="" > > nfsd_flags="-tun 4" > > ntpd_flags="" > > pkg_scripts=rsyncd > > portmap_flags="" > > rsyncd_flags="" > > slowcgi_flags= > > unbound_flags="" > > > >portmap has one option flag which is not useful in startup scripts. > >mountd has two, one of which might be useable in startup scripts, > >though > >admittedly really making things unusual. The rest all have > >important > >and often useful flags. YOU may not use them often, but some > >people > >probably do. > > > >OpenBSD uses a "Sane Default" model, so very often the flags ARE > >empty, > >but a lot (I'd guess "most", based on that model and spot checking > >of > >daemons listed in rc.conf) of the daemons have knobs that some > >people > >need to twist. You may not, but while we appreciate your support, > >you > >aren't our only user. :) > > Indeed, don't get me wrong, I use flags all the time as well. I'm just > arguing for a cleaner separation between startup and configuration for a > slightly more semantic (and better looking) `rc.conf.local`, ie.: > > ftpd_enable=YES > ftpd_flags="-llSA" > mountd_enable=YES > nfsd_enable=YES > nfsd_flags="-tun 4" > ntpd_enable=YES > portmap_enable=YES > rsyncd_enable=YES > slowcgi_enable=YES > unbound_enable=YES > > Thanks for your feedback!
You've had your say. It is not changing to please you and hurt everyone else. Do you get it? I doubt it.
