From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Apr 27 07:30:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA13735 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 07:30:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spooky.rwwa.com (rwwa.com [198.115.177.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA13730 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 07:30:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spooky.rwwa.com (localhost.rwwa.com [127.0.0.1]) by spooky.rwwa.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA02892 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 10:29:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199704271429.KAA02892@spooky.rwwa.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/netstart bogons.. In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 26 Apr 1997 21:45:07 CDT." <199704270245.VAA08465@nyx.pr.mcs.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 10:29:56 -0400 From: Robert Withrow Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ccsanady@nyx.pr.mcs.net said: :- And the two-digit prefix? These are no more than a hack aimed at :- solving the dependancy problem I've often tought about *that* part. I think that it would be better if the individual rc scripts would provide *shell functions* to start, stop, etc. It would also provide a declaration section that would define which things the package *requires*. You could then tsort the total list of dependencies (from an outer *control* script) and execute the appropriate functions in the required order. I *hate* the stupid ``run-levels'' symlink stuff. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 592 8935, Net: witr@rwwa.COM