Dear Default User,
Default User wrote on Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 07:48:02PM -0500:
> Just installed i386 3.9 RELEASE.
> Noticed that /etc/rc.conf.local contains:
>
> ntpd_flags= # enabled during install
>
> man 8 ntpd says that /etc/rc.conf.local should contain:
>
> ntpd_flags=""
>
> Is this an install "bug"?
No, both versions are correct.
To disable ntpd, ntpd_flags must be set to NO, see here:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ grep ntpd_ /etc/rc
if [ X"${ntpd_flags}" != X"NO" ]; then
echo -n ' ntpd'; ntpd $ntpd_flags
> What is the function of the two double quotes?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ unset ntpd_flags
[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ set | grep ntp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ ntpd_flags=
[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ set | grep ntp
ntpd_flags=
[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ echo ">${ntpd_flags}<"
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ unset ntpd_flags
[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ ntpd_flags=""
[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ set | grep ntp
ntpd_flags=
[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ echo ">${ntpd_flags}<"
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When using OpenBSD /bin/[k]sh, apparently none.
Decoration. Two bytes to avoid sysadmin confusion.
Both statements set ntpd_flags to the empty string.
I'm not sure whether any shells exist that behave
differently...
> BTW, ntpd *seems* to be working okay as installed.
Yeah, bugs in the install-floppy images happen to be a bit rare,
somehow. :) As far as i remember, the last one slipped several
years ago, but it was a minor one (i fear i have forgotten the
details).
Enjoy,
Ingo
