FS#2791 - rc.conf configuration from commands

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Sergio Jovani Guzman (moret) - Friday, 03 June 2005, 15:59 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category System
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Hello, I don't know well if this request has been created, but I want to propose some ideas.

I think rc.conf (and others) would must be configured easier. I think in Gentoo and I see that if I want add some daemon or others scripts I have to do 'rc-update add daemon'. I think in Arch, that's needed. Also, we can do it with modules, keyboard and other configurations, but these commands edit directly configurations files. With a easy sed command we can do it. What do you thing about this?
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Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Sunday, 05 June 2005, 18:34 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Judd Vinet (judd) - Sunday, 05 June 2005, 18:34 GMT
Sorry, but I don't agree. Editing rc.conf and adding a value to the DAEMONS array takes less than 30 seconds.

Arch is based around the idea that editing configuration files by hand is not such a bad thing. An rc-update clone wouldn't be bad, per se, but it would be counter-intuitive to our philosophy, and developer time could probably be spent better in other areas of Arch (right now).

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