Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 18:39:36 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: gurney_j@efn.org (John-Mark Gurney) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What people are doing with FBSD Message-ID: <199507240139.SAA17277@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.91.950723180435.18477B-100000@nike> from "John-Mark Gurney" at Jul 23, 95 06:10:07 pm
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> On Sat, 22 Jul 1995, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
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> > > does that mean that I should tell you guys about my addion of the xfs,
> > > xdm, pcnfsd, and bootp stuff to /etc/rc and /etc/sysconfig? I added them in
> > > the tradion of the other options...
> >
> > Yes please, context or uni diffs are nice :-).
>
> could someone send me a copy of /etc/rc from 2.0.5-RELEASE? I didn't
> make a backup copy... and I don't have 2.0.5-RELEASE on my system any
> more (I have the -SNAP)... would the rc from the snap do?
You should probably do a diff relative to -current, that is an easy
file to get via ftp, and an easy file for me to work from with your
changes.
> > bootp does need to go in, so that looks like the only real one
> > you have for me :-). And it is one I some how still have missing from
> > my current work :-(
>
> ok... I have moved xfs, xdm, and pcnfsd to rc.local.. and it fixed my
> problem with having to run ldconfig in /etc/rc to get the libaries loaded
> for xfs and xdm...
:-)
> also... I would be willing to modify the /etc/rc script to allow a
> variable call external (or something like that) that would list the
> programs that you have added (to replace local).. and then have two
> variables program and program_path... and as long as
> ${program_path}program existed and ${program} != NO, it would run the
> program with the variables defines in program... sound good?
I am not quite sure what you are getting at here, perhaps a sample chunk
of code would show me just what you mean. Some how I get the feeling
it is over kill, but perhaps not.
> John-Mark
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> gurney_j@efn.org
> Modem/FAX: (503) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box)
Humm.. where are you located? I am in Gresham, Oregon, just outside of
Portland.
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Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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