Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:24:20 +0800 From: David Xu <bsddiy@163.net> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, Andrew Hesford <ajh3@usrlib.org>, Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>, Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>, Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re[2]: import NetBSD rc system Message-ID: <1138668054.20010612112420@163.net> In-Reply-To: <200106120305.f5C35Ri37415@earth.backplane.com> References: <200106111854.f5BIsX728995@earth.backplane.com> <20010611174717.A77956@laptop.6bone.nl> <1795096378.20010611154930@163.net> <3B2484EA.B1F04812@DougBarton.net> <200106111800.f5BI0il25446@billy-club.village.org> <200106111854.f5BIsX728995@earth.backplane.com> <200106111856.f5BIu8V39651@harmony.village.org> <20010611203749.D24399@core.usrlib.org> <20010611205158.J23562@bohr.physics.purdue.edu> <200106120305.f5C35Ri37415@earth.backplane.com>
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Hello Matt,
Tuesday, June 12, 2001, 11:05:27 AM, you wrote:
MD> :
MD> :On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 08:37:49PM -0500, Andrew Hesford (ajh3@usrlib.org) wrote:
:>> 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.
MD> :
MD> :You acted rashly. It's like /usr/local/etc/rc.d, only it becomes
MD> :extended to the base system, so that we can have /etc/rc.d/*
MD> :{stop,start,restart,*} for all the daemons. It makes taking care
MD> :of our base system daemons easier.
MD> :
MD> :--
MD> :wca
MD> All I care about is /etc/rc.conf ... I like the idea of splitting
MD> the various other rc files into pieces as long as I can control them
MD> all from /etc/rc.conf. If it's extensible that's even better!
MD> What I really hate is the SysV/Linux/Solaris style of rc.d configuration
MD> directories where you create/maintain softlinks in specially named
MD> directories (named after the run level) to a master set of
MD> startup files. Blech. Yuch. Ptooey!
MD> -Matt
It seems it fits your need, it has a rc.conf file to control whole rc
system and has a rc.d directory but havn't to maintain symbol links.
SysV has several run levels, it has to have many symbol links,
BSD hasn't.
--
David Xu
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