From owner-freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 25 20:28:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4260D16A420; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:28:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc3-cdif2-0-0-cust64.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.106.128.65]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD9313C447; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:28:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from ceri by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1JIUbq-000Odt-9H; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:53:06 +0000 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:53:06 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Mike Makonnen Message-ID: <20080125195306.GF6064@submonkey.net> References: <200801251506.m0PF6Qwf043571@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080125152102.GD6064@submonkey.net> <20080125160412.GA36311@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <1201286802.2865.8.camel@mercury> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2Z2K0IlrPCVsbNpk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1201286802.2865.8.camel@mercury> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: Ceri Davies Cc: scottl@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis , freebsd-rc Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.subr X-BeenThere: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion related to /etc/rc.d design and implementation." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:28:08 -0000 --2Z2K0IlrPCVsbNpk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --2Z2K0IlrPCVsbNpk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHmj4iocfcwTS3JF8RAkU0AKCPtoEPzoKztGDMlRCvhKBh/Rak9QCeMaLY 9EAwjvZuPOhNo9aL53xzaDo= =b8Rv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2Z2K0IlrPCVsbNpk--