From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 12 23:49:05 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 A6F0B16A41F for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:49:05 +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 4752F13C43E for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:49:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 5844 invoked by uid 399); 12 Jul 2007 23:49:04 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.4?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Jul 2007 23:49:04 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <4696BDEB.4000709@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:48:59 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Linimon References: <4695BB25.9040706@FreeBSD.org> <4695BF44.6090507@sonicboom.org> <46969379.4070509@FreeBSD.org> <20070712231506.GA3362@soaustin.net> In-Reply-To: <20070712231506.GA3362@soaustin.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Morgan Reed , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Brian 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 23:49:05 -0000 Mark Linimon wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 01:47:53PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: >> 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 text from rc(8): > > The rc.local script contains commands which are pertinent only to a > specific site. Typically, the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ mechanism is used > instead of rc.local these days but if you want to use rc.local, it is > still supported. > > I had earlier read that as "don't use this". I would prefer we change > it to your text, which is clearer. I had sort of thought adding this to my TODO list was a good idea, but now I will definitely do so. Thanks, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection