From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 17 14:58:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA03762 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:58:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from at.dotat.com (zed.dotat.com [203.38.154.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03744 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:58:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hart@at.dotat.com) Received: from at.dotat.com (localhost.dotat.com [127.0.0.1]) by at.dotat.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA18123; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:33:27 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199811172303.JAA18123@at.dotat.com> To: Nik Clayton cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/rc.d, and changes to /etc/rc? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:01:38 -0000." <19981117210138.03327@nothing-going-on.org> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:33:27 +1030 From: Leigh Hart Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Nik, Nik Clayton wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 11:59:38PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > [ Creating /etc/rc.d, populating with scripts to start/stop system > daemons, tweaking /etc/rc* to use these scripts instead ] > > > What are people's thoughts on doing the same thing to the base system? > > Well, the silence has been deafening. I've had three positive comments > by private mail, no negative comments by private mail, and nothing on > the list at all. Not even a "Take one step down that road and we > *will* kill your firstborn". Is everyone asleep? Nah, I just wasn't sure if you were the real Nik :-) *ducks for cover* > If there are no more comments by Thursday I'll take it as tacit agreement, > and go ahead. I'll do sendmail first. I think its a great idea. Cheers Leigh -- | "By the time they had diminished | Leigh Hart, | | from 50 to 8, the other dwarves | Dotat Communications Pty Ltd | | began to suspect 'Hungry' ..." | GPO Box 487 Adelaide SA 5001 | | -- Gary Larson, "The Far Side" | http://www.dotat.com/hart/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message