Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 03:52:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.shutdown Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007090347130.407-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <20000708220113.A81167@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: >On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 12:29:24PM -0700, Eugene M. Kim wrote: >> That sounds like a good idea, provided that it will be gone after a >> reasonable heads-up grace period. One scenario might be: >> >> * In FreeBSD 4.1: >> >> - Add a `# start|stop' line to every startup script in ports. > >I object such indirect magic as local hack hard to remember and not in Unix >style. Separate directories for sturtup/shutdown is much clearer solution. How about a rc.conf knob that controls whether rc.shutdown tells the rc.d scripts to "stop" and leave it up to the sysadmin to enable a new (helpful sometimes) feature which could be confusing or painful if turned on behind our backs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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