Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:08:21 -0600 (CST) From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Subject: Re: more modular rc/init/uninit system... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902020758270.4779-100000@nomad.dataplex.net> In-Reply-To: <36B695B3.E00558DC@softweyr.com>
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On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > > That was what drove my idea to use a makefile; you could write the > start/stop scripts and express the dependencies in the makefile; the > start/stop scripts would be useful on their own. The disadvantage is > that you now have to edit the Makefile to add or remove something; > which we were trying to avoid. Let me suggest that we "indirect" the script files one level (ala autoconfig). For each package, we create <package>.rc which has the guts of the scripts and the dependancies. When we add, delete, or change a package, we rerun the startup configurer which rewrites the actual scripts as needed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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