Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:55:10 -0500 From: Alexander Botero-Lowry <alex@foxybanana.com> To: erdgeist@erdgeist.org, delphij@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/95162: [patch] Missing feature in rc.subr Message-ID: <200606092155.k59LtBIh077580@Laptop.mine.box> In-Reply-To: <20060609222512.Y15476@erdgeist.org> References: <200606091826.k59IQfmo057494@freefall.freebsd.org> <20060609222512.Y15476@erdgeist.org>
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It might be better to do this with a chkconfig(8) type tool. I happen to have written one for rc.d. It was developed on NetBSD but I got patches commited to FreeBSD last year or so that made it work ok on FreeBSD as well. http://exodus.xmms.se/~alex/varname.sh It uses /etc/rc.conf.d/ for enabling and disabling services. I've been using it for my own administrative needs and it works great. It also doesn't use anything from /usr so that it can be used in single user mode and the likes. I think this is a better solution then adding more stuff into rc.subr, and it mimics a tool that a lot of people have had experience using already. It was developed using some code that was in NetBSD cvs, but not much of that code remains. I also used the manpage from IRIX as a reference for the actual user interface of the tool, and so it mimics usage on IRIX very closely. Alex Dirk Engling <erdgeist@erdgeist.org> wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Xin LI wrote: > > > Synopsis: [patch] Missing feature in rc.subr > > > > Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-rc > > Responsible-Changed-By: delphij > > Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Jun 9 18:26:02 UTC 2006 > > Responsible-Changed-Why: > > Over to the rc mailing list. Patch looks fine to me, may I commit > > it? > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=95162 > > Very nice idea. However, it does not take care of rc_conf_files, which > means that a variable set in /etc/rc.conf.local can not be unset that way. > > Further to be _very_ sure I'd > > grep -v "^${rcvar}=" > > to avoid removing too much from rc.conf. > > Also for clarity one could remove all ^${rcvar}= entries when enabling > ${rcvar}, possibly in an extra clear function, which might also take care > of rc_conf_files. > > Have I missed anything else? I would like to see this feature when its > ready. > > Regards > > erdgeist > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-rc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-rc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-rc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > !DSPAM:4,4489e7c5220991600813457! >
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