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Date:      Thu, 7 Jun 2018 02:29:45 +0200
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org>, rgrimes@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r334617 - in head: . etc
Message-ID:  <20180607002945.noqhxo6cjli7jayh@ivaldir.net>
In-Reply-To: <20180606202720.GD2450@kib.kiev.ua>
References:  <201806061833.w56IXWBC006288@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <1528315608.25377.3.camel@freebsd.org> <20180606202720.GD2450@kib.kiev.ua>

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On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 11:27:20PM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 02:06:48PM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote:
> > On Wed, 2018-06-06 at 11:33 -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > >=20
> > > >=20
> > > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, at 1:28 PM, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> > > > >=20
> > > > > On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 01:39:00AM +0700, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> > > > > >=20
> > > > > > 06.06.2018 1:26, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> > > > > >=20
> > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > > > > I find it often very useful to do
> > > > > > > > > =A0(cd src/etc/rc.d && make install)
> > > > > > > > > Same for defaults and several other directories which in
> > > > > > > > > fact
> > > > > > > > > contains> > >>> non-editable content.=A0=A0Is this planne=
d to
> > > > > > > > > keep working ?
> > > > > > > > The short answer is, no.=A0=A0All rc.d scripts get moved to=
 the
> > > > > > > > src
> > > > > > > > of the program they start.> > >>
> > > > > > > > That said, if there is a big need for this, we can see
> > > > > > > > about
> > > > > > > > options to keep them working.> > >>
> > > > > > > > What are you trying to accomplish when you do this?=A0=A0Ju=
st
> > > > > > > > verify
> > > > > > > > the rc.d scripts match your src tree?> > >
> > > > > > > I avoid mergemaster/etcupdate and whatever else. rc.d and
> > > > > > > /etc/rc,> > > /etc/rc.subr /etc/rc.network are not suitable
> > > > > > > to etc, they are
> > > > > > > binaries> > > provided by the project not for the user
> > > > > > > editing.
> > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > > When upgrading the host, esp. on HEAD, i usually refresh
> > > > > > > scripts
> > > > > > > by this> > > procedure and avoid any editing and implied
> > > > > > > conflict resolution
> > > > > > > for real> > > configs.
> > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > > Not being able to easily install clean copies of these
> > > > > > > scripts
> > > > > > > would> > > be very inconvenient and time consuming.
> > > > > > I found that "mergemaster -iFUP" deals with unchanged files
> > > > > > including mentioned rc* scripts just fine.> > That is, it
> > > > > > automatically refreshes unchanged files without any
> > > > > > silly questions just for change of $FreeBSD$.>
> > > > > No, you missed the point.=A0=A0Whatever nice is the handling of
> > > > > unchanged files,> use of mergemaster forces me to handle changed
> > > > > files, which is exactly> what I do not want/need to do.=A0=A0Yes,=
 I
> > > > > update crashboxes very
> > > > > often, and> I want to get all new code, including the startup
> > > > > scripts, when
> > > > > I update.
> > > > The startup scripts will be installed as part of installworld.
> > > So each installworld would wipe over the top of any localmod
> > > /etc/rc.d/ and other stuff
> > > that mght exist?
> > > One of the reasons that etc/Makefile is detached from Installword is
> > > so that
> > > /etc does not get perturbuted unless specifically requested.
> > >=20
> >=20
> > I don't understand the drama over this.=A0=A0rc.d startup scripts are
> > *binaries*. Users are not expected to modify the system installed
> > binaries, and if they do, it is expected that the next installworld
> > will replace them with the system binaries again.
>=20
> I agree with this, but the scripts are installed into /etc.
>=20
> I proposed to move them somewhere, e.g. to /sbin/rc* or to /libexec/rc*.
> If moved first, then the proposed change would be much more logical and
> probably easier to fit into the workflows of FreeBSD consumers.

IMHO would be a good idea!

Bapt

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