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--- Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

[...]

> I believe 6.1 uses rcorder for scripts from
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d, in 
> which case you might be able to create local patches
> in the relevant 
> ports which added appropriate e.g.
> 
> # BEFORE:
> # PROVIDES:
> # REQUIRE:
> 
> lines to force the order you want.  This assumes
> that they do not use 
> .sh suffixed scripts and that you use cvsup rather
> than portsnap, which 
> I believe would trash your local patches.

I do employ portsnap, so that would probably not be a
viable solution. I am presently looking into
implementing one that was suggested by a recent
poster. I would have thought that there would have
existed a simpler method to control on a  permanent
basis the loading of programs. I guess not.

-- 

White Hat 
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