From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 00:50:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D3A037B401 for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 00:50:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc53.attbi.com (rwcrmhc53.attbi.com [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1AE943F3F for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 00:50:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.dougb.net (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23]) by attbi.com (rwcrmhc53) with SMTP id <2003050707503205300or3m4e>; Wed, 7 May 2003 07:50:32 +0000 Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 00:50:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Terry Lambert In-Reply-To: <3EB8B7FD.AFBE8EC4@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <20030507004857.I5620@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <011901c31390$7aef5730$0300000a@antalus> <20030505225826.G666@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <1052215193.41902.130.camel@watchtower.office.parksmediagroup.com> <3EB8B7FD.AFBE8EC4@mindspring.com> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bridge config in /etc/rc (patch) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 07:50:33 -0000 On Wed, 7 May 2003, Terry Lambert wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: > > On Tue, 6 May 2003, Benjamin F. Burke wrote: > > Experienced users can fend for themselves regarding edge cases like bridge > > configurations. That's what rc.local is for. I'm worried about not > > overwhelming new users. > > As an idea here, is it possible to have a large list of rc files > in a particular location in directories that would automatically > be run in their own directory, and automatically get their defaults > sourced in, and have their own rc.conf's that get sourced in, etc.? > > If there were a subdirectory traversal for (currently non-existant) > subdirectories in /usr/local somewhere, then each one of these > "fend for yourself" cases could be implemented as ports. > > /usr/ports/rc/* anyone? /usr/local/etc/rc.d has already been suggested, and it's a direction I'd like to see us move in. Because the ordering of dependencies is non-trivial, I'm not sure having more than one such directory is a realistic target atm, but at least having one is definitely doable. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection