From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 3 01:43:05 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA03425 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 01:43:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from midget.dons.net.au (daniel.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.137.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA03419 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 01:43:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from guppy.dons.net.au (guppy.dons.net.au [203.31.81.9]) by midget.dons.net.au (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA05683; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:12:49 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 20:10:53 +1030 (CST) From: "Daniel J. O'Connor" To: Richard Wackerbarth Subject: Re: more modular rc/init/uninit system... Cc: David Wolfskill , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Wes Peters Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 02-Feb-99 Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > Let me suggest that we "indirect" the script files one level (ala > autoconfig). > For each package, we create .rc which has the guts of the scripts > and the dependancies. When we add, delete, or change a package, we rerun > the startup configurer which rewrites the actual scripts as needed. Hmm.. I don't really see what it gains you. --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message