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On Monday 06 Feb 2012 05:10:45 Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> On 02/05/2012 03:01 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > You cannot trust the commented examples in rc.conf to be the defaults. |
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> > I reckon they are just that - typical examples. |
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> > |
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> > If you search through rc.conf for the word "default" you find quite a |
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> > few cases where the text says what the default is and the example is |
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> > something different. In other words, the default is, um, not actually |
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> > documented anywhere. |
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> > |
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> > This is a bit of a fail actually as you now have to fiddle with |
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> > settings, make them this, reboot, make them that, reboot, see what the |
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> > difference is. Sloppy maintenance if you ask me. |
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> > |
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> > I'd advise you to file a bug (feature request) asking for the defaults |
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> > to be clearly documented where someone other than the principle dev can |
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> > find them. |
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> |
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> You guys already did this thread: |
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> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_513fd0fbcdf0fc95f5561684e80301f8 |
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> .xml |
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It is both sloppy and unnecessarily confusing that some apps config files have |
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the default settings commented out and others not. This is getting more |
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complicated when some of these settings are optional. Of course, when |
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commented out an optional setting is not a default - but how would the |
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unsuspecting user know that? |
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My workaround is to explicitly set any settings that I know I need/want set, |
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but that makes it difficult for me to answer what the default settings are |
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(unless devs comments say so). |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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