docs/140495: /etc/rc.conf.d is not documented in rc.conf(5)
Tom Judge
tom at tomjudge.com
Thu Nov 12 00:20:02 UTC 2009
>Number: 140495
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: /etc/rc.conf.d is not documented in rc.conf(5)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 12 00:20:01 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Tom Judge
>Release: 9-Current
>Organization:
Mintel International Ltd
>Environment:
FreeBSD rita.nodomain 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #5 r197472M: Thu Sep 24 21:09:49 UTC 2009 root at rita.nodomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ME i386
>Description:
There is no reference to /etc/rc.conf.d in rc.conf(5).
The patch adds info about that dir.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Patch attached with submission follows:
Index: rc.conf.5
===================================================================
--- rc.conf.5 (revision 199205)
+++ rc.conf.5 (working copy)
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@
.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
is used to override settings in
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
-for historical reasons.
+for historical reasons. In addition to
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
+you can also place smaller config files in the directory
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf.d
+which will be included by rc.subr's load_rc_config function.
See the
.Va rc_conf_files
variable below.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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