On 09/24/2016 07:34 AM, »Q« wrote: > On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:39:50 -0500 > William Hubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In previous versions of OpenRC, configuration information was >> processed so that service-specific configuration stored >> in /etc/conf.d/* was overridden by global configuration stored >> in /etc/rc.conf. This release reverses that. Global configuration is >> now overridden by service-specific configuration. > > I get what this is saying, but it would be nice if practical > implications of it could be spelled out. > > It means anything set on a general level is superceded by more specific rules. So if FOO="bar" in say make.conf but you need $FOO to be "baz" for <service>, OpenRC will choose the value in /etc/conf.d/service instead of wherever the general variable is set (/etc/rc.conf ? Not sure)
It's pretty standard for most pieces of software, so it's bound to be a welcome change that will avoid some potential config bugs. -- Daniel Campbell - Gentoo Developer OpenPGP Key: 0x1EA055D6 @ hkp://keys.gnupg.net fpr: AE03 9064 AE00 053C 270C 1DE4 6F7A 9091 1EA0 55D6
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