* Eichert, Diana <deicher@sandia.gov> [2004-06-04 18:08]:
> I've been using an rc.conf.local file ever since rc.conf included a
> reference to it. Any thought to either creating an empty template
> rc.conf.local for /etc or adding a couple of example files in
> /usr/share/rc for rc.conf.local and rc.local? It would go along with
> the references in afterboot.

I had a longer discussion with bob about that...

the situation is basically the same for rc.conf.local and rc.local.
when you use those consistently, you can treat rc and rc.conf like
binaries on upgrades and simply overwrite them, which is good.
thus we either should not provide these files at all by default, or
no-op templates, where everything is commented out etc.
I find the current situation where rc.conf.local and rc.local are
treated so differently a bit unsatisfactory.

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