Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:26:20 +0400 From: Alex Kapranoff <kappa@rambler-co.ru> To: Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: change in ports rc.d script behaviour Message-ID: <41029BBC.3090405@rambler-co.ru> In-Reply-To: <20040724150905.GA998@rogue.acs-et.com> References: <20040724150905.GA998@rogue.acs-et.com>
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Mike Makonnen wrote: >20040724: > The rc.d/loclpkg script now "does the right thing" with respect > to ports rc.d scripts. The most disruptive change is that scripts > ending in *.sh are sourced in the same shell as rc.d/localpkg (as > opposed to a subshell) and may cause the script to end prematurely > if a script calls exit. Some broken scripts may not recognize the > 'fast' prefix to a command. The first problem can be fixed by simply > renaming the script so that it doesn't have a '.sh' ending. Another > temporary work-arround is to completely remove the 'PROVIDE' line > from the script. If you notice a broken ports rc.d script please > notify the maintainer. Legacy scripts should not be affected. > __FreeBSD_version bumped to 502124. > > >This update to the rc.d/localpkg attempts to normalize the behaviour >or ports rc.d scripts with that of the base system scripts. This may >break your ports scripts. Please report any breakage to the port's >maintainer so the script can be fixed. > What's the point of this change? What benefits do we get? Sorry for ignorance. I can only see that from now on, if any of the startup scripts terminates abnormally, we'll get a half-started system which in some cases could be extremely hard to repair.
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