Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 14:11:00 -0700 From: John Merryweather Cooper <johnmary@adelphia.net> To: Alex Kapranoff <kappa@rambler-co.ru> Cc: Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: change in ports rc.d script behaviour Message-ID: <20040724211100.GA49136@68-169-191-150.losaca.adelphia.net> In-Reply-To: <41029BBC.3090405@rambler-co.ru> References: <20040724150905.GA998@rogue.acs-et.com> <41029BBC.3090405@rambler-co.ru>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Saturday, 24 July 2004 at 21:26:20 +0400, Alex Kapranoff wrote: >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. Well, while I respect the desire for cleanliness, architectural purity, etc., the reality is that rc.d/localpkg is already broken in -CURRENT for those of us who startup CUPS and similar ports. EVERY reboot is a manual reboot for me under the current system (i.e., I have to ^C out of the final startup--because it stalls--and then run # /etc/rc.d/localpkg restart from root to get everything running again. So any change in a direction that makes things work on -CURRENT would be greatly appreciated. jmc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBAtBivBSBfjNhsrIRAusjAJ4nCMD41GB4tQXrg1OgDBAFSqHrogCffj35 Z20Jc37r+ehv4y4JXMUFnnM= =b5cy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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