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Date:      Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:36:35 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
To:        Andrew Hesford <ajh3@usrlib.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: import NetBSD rc system 
Message-ID:  <200106120236.f5C2aZV43462@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:37:49 CDT." <20010611203749.D24399@core.usrlib.org> 
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In message <20010611203749.D24399@core.usrlib.org> Andrew Hesford writes:
: New "modules"? Isn't that just the same as /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ ? I side
: with Mr. Dillon, I hope things stay the way they are.

No.  It isn't.  Our current /usr/local/etc/rc.d is a *SUBSET* of what
the NetBSD system provides.  Right now it is a crap shoot if modules
you depend on get started before you or not.  The NetBSD system
formalizes dependencies and uses them everywhere, not just in the "add 
on" part of the system.

Warner

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