Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:00:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@gahr.ch> Cc: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/105568: [patch] Add more flexibility to rc.conf, to choose "_enable" values at startup Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710011753400.1408@ync.qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <200710012040.l91KeC2t097859@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200710012040.l91KeC2t097859@freefall.freebsd.org>
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What do you feel is the need/benefit of adding this? I read your PR, and I
don't find your reasoning very compelling. You can easily start or stop
services after the system enters multi-user mode by simply changing the
_enable variable and running /etc/rc.d/foo start|stop as needed. There are
precious few services that depend on being started at boot time.
Also, in regards to your section about using this on a laptop, I have
solved the same problem by using an rc.local script that detects the
network I'm on and then runs anything I need with onestart. Admittedly
your solution has the benefit of properly stopping the service at shutdown
time, but I've never found that to be a problem.
So can you please elaborate on your reasoning? And do others find this to
be an idea worth pursuing?
Thanks,
Doug
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