Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:53:06 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Mike Makonnen <mtm@FreeBSD.Org> Cc: scottl@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, freebsd-rc <freebsd-rc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.subr Message-ID: <20080125195306.GF6064@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <1201286802.2865.8.camel@mercury> References: <200801251506.m0PF6Qwf043571@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080125152102.GD6064@submonkey.net> <20080125160412.GA36311@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <1201286802.2865.8.camel@mercury>
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:46:42PM +0300, Mike Makonnen wrote:
>=20
> On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 10:04 -0600, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 03:21:02PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 03:06:26PM +0000, Mike Makonnen wrote:
> > > > mtm 2008-01-25 15:06:26 UTC
> > > >=20
> > > > FreeBSD src repository
> > > >=20
> > > > Modified files:
> > > > etc rc.subr=20
> > > > Log:
> > > > If the rc.conf(5) variable for a script is not enabled do not fail
> > > > silently. Display a message that the command wasn't run and make
> > > > possible suggestions for what to do.
> > >=20
> > > Any chance that we could make this behaviour dependent on some other
> > > variable (or not do it)? It's going to make booting look pretty nast=
y.
> >=20
> > The other option I'd considered was to create a quiet precmd that works=
like
> > force and use quietstart/quitestop for boot. I've become convinced thi=
s is the
> > right interactive behavior.
>=20
> Ok, I went with brooks@'s suggestion and instead implemented a quiet
> prefix. In addition, I also made the 'fast' prefix imply 'quiet'.
Looks fine. Certainly addresses my concerns which were mainly centered
around new users and any case of "well I installed it and then got all
these errors".
Thanks!
Ceri
--=20
That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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