From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 23 21:37:18 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43480EE for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:37:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simon@qxnitro.org) Received: from mail-lb0-f179.google.com (mail-lb0-f179.google.com [209.85.217.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA60812D for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:37:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f179.google.com with SMTP id j14so1871569lbo.38 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:37:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=qxnitro.org; s=google; h=mime-version:x-received:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=+1J6cDPvOsO8tzx6EVNwOHNDCQdtx1i/Wf2T/W6VN5Q=; b=leGae61v6jkUIIEYd4eZjx2XSo8R8Av1J4l6v9UCDDlEQ5UkDvr23vf8HjgdcZixtY RZz2HSGu1PyjPV4X6Bp69MNFwO5LNVE0mjpOZ5DJOrBwk8WBIDQ1ph96KOa1/O9dydjN QdftvVUGmse/rJckbcUK8V6czG2zus9ZFprpg= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=+1J6cDPvOsO8tzx6EVNwOHNDCQdtx1i/Wf2T/W6VN5Q=; b=Yi1lSdtswUBudqJkMdW0nn49bj+fIgm4IMV4LVmIh3Gswazu4lSHtIxbD472G3TrHf Kyy96nmIcZrtyWI16HJAsMldbROLaMNmuBB2YhNviIVgHlRwN1oPLcSAzunXOnx8ujDq oAigpV/V39scozfljoI0aLbToovITg/e03zgXsXQH9sw5cEoJgrj3JSI0aAIAA1n/JAC btUId6KMkqY9lwoJF5L3SNxvYfNh5zjvtfyRnau61in7yh6QsYt6ep+jXkVSN+0ypQ0k DT8ll9qjUSpnFkpv4L3fKvSteOxNpoNR9Ig/9lrXc0FQuHawia5jheo68bhbnTfbd5Yq P0aw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.46.17 with SMTP id r17mr2722244lam.47.1358977036219; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:37:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.19.41 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:37:16 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [89.100.233.26] Received: by 10.112.19.41 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:37:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:37:16 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: explicit use of /etc/rc.d vs service From: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" To: Eitan Adler X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm6x8YN+bc1MbtrA4qrfIpvTzzgK9YzSU9HvQsoyZ54RPDhWI1OQ3YRlf/8NnaF3w+svV8Z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:37:18 -0000 On 23 Jan 2013 15:54, "Eitan Adler" wrote: > > Would anyone object to a patch which converts uses of > "/etc/rc.d/daemon start" to "service daemon start" and the like? > I would like to see service(1) become the standard interface to using services. Sounds like a very good idea. I don't know how many times I have had problems with bad paths leaking into cron etc meaning it fails on reboot since something depended on the trained environment. (Service solves that.) Simon