freebsd stable - Jun 2007 - rc.d scripts not honoring rc_conf_files setting in /etc/rc.conf?

Hi,

Testing out decentralizing rc.conf and breaking it out into two
components on a 6.2-RELEASE system:

/etc/rc.conf.default	- Settings that are standard across all systems
			  (daemons, etc)
/etc/rc.conf.local 	- Settings that are local to the system
			  (network settings, etc)

In /etc/rc.conf, all I have is:

rc_conf_files="/etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.default /etc/rc.conf.local"

Which I took as "read in these rc.conf files in descending order to
populate your variables"

When I restarted the system, my rc.d (ntpd, openssh) scripts which were
looking for rc.conf variables in /etc/rc.conf.default failed to read in
that file.  It wasn't until I added /etc/rc.conf.default to
rc_conf_files in /etc/defaults/rc.conf was it able to read in that file
 at boottime and in this case start the daemon(s).

Is this how it's supposed to work?  (I suspect not if I have to hack
/etc/default/rc.conf)  If not, can it be fixed? (or if I am assuming
incorrectly, can someone enlighten me on how it should work?) :)

Thanks - Peter
-- 
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Losher" 
> Testing out decentralizing rc.conf and breaking it out into two
> components on a 6.2-RELEASE system:
> 
> /etc/rc.conf.default - Settings that are standard across all systems
>   (daemons, etc)
> /etc/rc.conf.local - Settings that are local to the system
>   (network settings, etc)
...

Why not use rc.conf for your "defaults" and rc.conf.local for your
local
and then all is good?

    Steve

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> In /etc/rc.conf, all I have is:
> 
> rc_conf_files="/etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.default
/etc/rc.conf.local"
You cannot tweak the variable "rc_conf_files" in your /etc/rc.conf or 
whatever files except /etc/defaults/rc.conf.  Please be sure that the 
variable should be used before loading /etc/rc.conf (and all files 
listed in the variable.)

As others said, use /etc/rc.conf as default and /etc/rc.conf.local as 
local options, and you'll be happy with it.

-- 
Makoto `MAR' Matsushita