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.


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