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-rw-r--r--etc/defaults/rc.conf5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index 45dd7e1f0391..44521d092141 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -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.
#
# $FreeBSD$