Garrett D'Amore wrote: > Hmm... reading the man page, /etc/default/star seems to follow > convention for /etc/default/tar. So there is history for *that* file, > at least. (Though I admit I'd prefer it if star read /etc/default/tar > rather than creating a new /etc/ file which must be kept in synch with > /etc/default/tar.
Didn't one of the SMF cases Obsolete the use of /etc/default/? I agree - things would be different if it simply reused /etc/default/tar, but new projects such as this should not be using it... > Looking at the man page for rmt, it looks like /etc/default/rmt is a bit > of a tougher decision. Adding a new /etc/default/rmt seems wrong for those same reasons. The ARC can certainly choose otherwise, but doing so seems to run counter to the expressed desire to Obsolete /etc/default... -John