Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:19:05 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org>, Jonathan McKeown <jonathan+freebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> Subject: Re: If not the force, what should I use? Message-ID: <1218701945.70002.31.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20080813130612.67542bd5@mbook.local> References: <78cb3d3f0808120810o54f49373n69ac5076c9a9c9b7@mail.gmail.com> <200808130813.56656.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> <48A29E15.5080303@unsane.co.uk> <200808131227.30125.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> <20080813080032.2328a474@bhuda.mired.org> <1218646719.70002.27.camel@localhost> <20080813130612.67542bd5@mbook.local>
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--=-/gnGfjk1Ma/UnSKBILyW Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 13:06 -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:58:39 +0100 Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> w= rote: >=20 > > On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 08:00 -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > >=20 > > > stop If the service is to be started as specified by > > > rc.conf(5), stop the service. This should check = that the > > > service is running and complain if it is not. If > > > forcestop is given, ignore the rc.conf(5) check a= nd > > > attempt to stop. > > >=20 > > Why should it complain? >=20 > Because somebody quoted it out of context to justify a completely > bogus assumption about what was and wasn't a bug. >=20 > The bug in question is that the man page should note that > force(start|stop|restart) should ignore any precmd problems as well as > the setting in rc.conf, as that is what the tools provided by rc.subr > do. >=20 > <mike So the reason is 'Because'? Currently if you attempt to stop a service that is not started, there is no error and no warning. I would like to know why you propose to change that. Please don't jump down my throat. Tom --=-/gnGfjk1Ma/UnSKBILyW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkij6nUACgkQlcRvFfyds/c2qACgrAY+mNch6m36tXhJeVjBZHMy fuwAnRFWWVE20+C3j8CltepEtGx1MOKp =hI8T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-/gnGfjk1Ma/UnSKBILyW--
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