Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 09:48:51 -0800 (PST) From: Dru Nelson <dnelson@redwoodsoft.com> To: Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more modular rc/init/uninit system... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990131094455.11450K-100000@pacman.redwoodsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199901311549.KAA06309@spooky.rwwa.com>
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> dnelson@redwoodsoft.com said:
> :- /etc/r.c/init.d/{name your service} start|stop|status|restart
>
> Which ignores the relationships issue. For example, restarting X
> may cause Y and Z to croak!
Well, I didn't say ignore the relationships issue, I was making a
case for the rc.d scripts system in general.
> /etc/initsys <package> start|stop|status|restart
>
> Where the initsys script takes into account the relationships.
Still, services like mail, httpd, dns are fairly independent. They
usually don't rely on too much.
However, I think this is something to strive for. It would be nice to
get the warning: 'can't start httpd -> depends on database which isn't
running. Start database? [Y/n]?'
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