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authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>1999-12-21 10:46:41 +0000
committersheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>1999-12-21 10:46:41 +0000
commite19228dc56da15c19803245e21dc5a91f93da909 (patch)
tree1224a9fbca6ef8fa922d8e9067cb3be9fc104354 /etc/defaults
parent6452b5bbe69d7e1cbc03d67b4b4056f592ba7164 (diff)
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Add an explicit warning against copying this file into /etc/, since
work-arounds for the ".: Out of file descriptors" problem (see PR 13724) are taking longer than expected to come to fruition.
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diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
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@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
# instead and you will be able to update these defaults later without
# spamming your local configuration information.
#
+# A common mistake is to copy the contents of this file into one of the
+# ${rc_conf_files} files (e.g. /etc/rc.conf). That does not work, because
+# this file ends up recursing on itself. The ${rc_conf_files} files should
+# only contain values which override values set in this file.
+#
# All arguments must be in double or single quotes.
#
# $FreeBSD$
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