Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:36:17 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@iquest.net> To: wes@softweyr.com (Wes Peters) Cc: adrian@ubergeeks.com, grog@lemis.com, dyson@iquest.net, tlambert@primenet.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System V init (was: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD?) Message-ID: <199811301636.LAA02843@y.dyson.net> In-Reply-To: <3662BF23.613FB80D@softweyr.com> from Wes Peters at "Nov 30, 98 08:52:03 am"
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Wes Peters said: > ADRIAN Filipi-Martin wrote: > > > > I still don't understand why this has become an issue again. > > There is /usr/local/etc/rc.d. The scrtips are called with "start" and > > using rc.shutdown, you can make sure they are called with "stop". What > > more does a third party software vendor need? They certainly cannot care > > about how basic system functions are managed. > > I realized this over the weekend, too. Perhaps symlinks from /etc/init.d > and /etc/rc[1-6].d -> /usr/local/etc/rc.d? ;^) > The current "rc" components are monolithic, and not a good general solution. The "rc.conf" is helpful, and covers alot of general cases, but a better framework would support the "broad brush" rc.conf, and also a more modular "rc.d" scheme. Runlevels and/or runmodes are also valuable. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@iquest.net | it makes one look stupid jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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