From owner-freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 30 08:11:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61F7116A46D; Wed, 30 May 2007 08:11:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il) Received: from cs1.cs.huji.ac.il (cs1.cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19A4813C447; Wed, 30 May 2007 08:11:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il) Received: from pampa.cs.huji.ac.il ([132.65.80.32]) by cs1.cs.huji.ac.il with esmtp id 1HtJH6-000PUn-Mo; Wed, 30 May 2007 11:11:20 +0300 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Doug Barton In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 30 May 2007 00:28:00 -0700 . Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:11:20 +0300 From: Danny Braniss Message-ID: Cc: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rcorder blues X-BeenThere: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion related to /etc/rc.d design and implementation." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:11:22 -0000 > Danny Braniss wrote: > >>> hi all, > >>> Under 6.2 I set early_late_divider to amd, and since local_rc > >>> points to an 'automounted directory', rcorder will include the rc-files > >>> from my shared-local/etc/rc.d. > >> In theory there should be nothing wrong with doing this, however amd > >> happens pretty late in the default rcorder, so it is pretty likely > >> that something is going to get rearranged when you start including > >> your local files. > >> > > by removing some dependencies in amd, i managed to get it to run > > earlier - but was not easy, it does depend on many things. > > Yeah, I took a quick look, and decided there weren't any quick fixes. > > > I don't think it's realistic to expect that by setting/modifying the > > PROVIDE, REQUIRE, and BEFORE list, one can forsee the result :-) > > it's more a wish, and rcoder decides :-) > > Unless you create a circular dependency (which it will complain about) > it actually does what you tell it to, the trick is to tell it to do > the right thing. :) > it's the untangling of the circular dependencies where the mastery recides :-) > >> Please note that (at least on my system) there is a "mostly harmless" > >> bug in our current ordering that causes the resolv script to be > >> ordered very late without including /usr/local stuff, and first after > >> it is included, which means it is never run on my system. If you see > >> that issue, don't worry about it, it's on the list of things that > >> should be fixed someday, but isn't a priority. > > > > it's not harmless for me, since amd needs hostname :-( > > I added resolv to NETWORK's REQUIRE:. > > That's probably a good idea, I'll do some more testing on that and > commit the result if it works. > > > BTW, I also added to abi PROVIDE: linux, this way i can have > > some linux depend on it. > > I'll let someone more knowledgeable comment on that one. The abi > script is kind of hairy. too little testosteron? just ran a quick check, why are there so many files depend on cleanvar? why, for example mixer need it?, and if most rc's need /var/run/$progname.pid can't it be placed in some RC_FILE? (SERVERS/DAEMONS) anyways, rc-ng is far better than the monolithic rc, and inittab. danny > > Doug > > -- > > This .signature sanitized for your protection