Re: FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE Now Available

From: Polytropon <freebsd_at_edvax.de>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 03:43:15 UTC 
On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 03:47:31 +0200, Tomek CEDRO wrote:
> I can see that some files are gone in 13.2:
> 
> /etc/disktab - I still use floppies!! :-P

And the vpo(4) driver for parallel SCSI drives is also gone;
how am I supposed to read my important business files stored
on a parallel Zip drive now?! ;-)



> /etc/services - that was kind of handy cheatsheet for services ports..
> is there a replacement?

Maybe in /usr/share/misc?



> /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant - is it moved to the port version? If so why
> that config file is not moved to /usr/local/etc ? There may be some
> configurations over there.

Technically, 3rd part software should store their config
in /usr/local/etc, but some (!) software still checks if
files are present in /etc - probably a Linuxism - and
reads them if they exist.





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Polytropon
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