Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 11:50:56 -0300 From: Patrick Tracanelli <eksffa@freebsdbrasil.com.br> To: current@freebsd.org Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: /usr/local/etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <40B8A350.8000207@freebsdbrasil.com.br>
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I remember it has been discussed before, but the terms were a little bit
different, so tell me, isn't it appropriate rc.subr to suck the
configuration parameters from /usr/local/etc/rc.conf instead of
/etc/rc.conf when running startupscripts for third party applications
(/usr/local/etc/rc.d/)?
To keep the organization principles, I dislike putting those
instructions into /etc/rc.conf when it should be read by 3rd party apps,
since I consider /etc/ to be used by the base system. Altho' old style
.sh scripts are still usefull under ${local_startup} dirs, ports
maintainers tend to write new style rc scripts that uses rc.subr to read
the user defined options (usually via /etc/rc.conf).
Easy solution would be
rc_conf_files="/etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.local /usr/local/etc/rc.conf"
into /etc/rc.conf, but it seems to be ignored by rc.subr when it's not
at /etc/defaults/rc.conf;
Some 3rd party startupscripts read rc.subr from /usr/local/etc/, so if
it suck only ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.conf options, would force users to
configure it in the right place, but it would break POLA and since some
scripts read /etc/rc.subr instead if ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.subr, would also
break some ports (very very bad idea).
So, to allow ports startupscript to be configured from
/usr/local/etc/rc.conf but also prevent people who are today used to mix
everything in /etc/rc.conf from having their app. not starting, defining
rc_conf_files="/etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.local /usr/local/etc/rc.conf"
into /etc/defaults/rc.conf would just do it, nothing would break and
port's pkg-message could start trying to educate users to populate
/usr/local/etc/rc.conf for ports startup options and leaving
/etc/rc.conf only for the base system...
--
Atenciosamente,
Patrick Tracanelli
FreeBSD Brasil LTDA.
The FreeBSD pt_BR Documentation Project
http://www.freebsdbrasil.com.br
patrick @ freebsdbrasil.com.br
"Long live Hanin Elias, Kim Deal!"
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