From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 12 20:48:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 821BB16A468 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:48:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 11ABD13C487 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:48:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 20281 invoked by uid 399); 12 Jul 2007 20:48:08 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.4?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Jul 2007 20:48:08 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <46969379.4070509@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:47:53 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Morgan Reed References: <4695BB25.9040706@FreeBSD.org> <4695BF44.6090507@sonicboom.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Brian , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.local equivalent X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:48:09 -0000 Morgan Reed wrote: > On 7/12/07, Brian wrote: >> man rc.local on a freebsd 7 box says > > Same for 6.2-STABLE. > >> So, rc.local, though not current is still supported. > > Yes, effectively deprecated No, not deprecated at all. That term has a specific meaning in the FreeBSD community, and your use of it here is very far away from it. There is a big difference between the current status, "rc.local is still supported, however you will probably get better results using local rc.d scripts;" and "This is going away, so stop using it." The latter would be "deprecated" in FreeBSD terminology, the former is "supported" in anyone's book. I'm harping on this a bit because I'm tired of hearing people say that rc.local is deprecated. It leads to unnecessary stress on the part of people who are reasonably relying on this mechanism. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection