Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 11:31:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray) Cc: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /etc/rc* stuff Message-ID: <199610241831.LAA07909@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199610241748.TAA13931@grumble.grondar.za> from Mark Murray at "Oct 24, 96 07:48:46 pm"
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> I wrote that rndcontrol(8) program, so I'll fix it. It is a little too
> chatty by default. That will fix the extra `echo "."'
>
Eitherway, the correct fix is to move the very last ``echo .'' into the
if block.
> M
>
> Bill Paul wrote:
> > Just a couple of small nits:
> >
> > - At the very end of /etc/rc.i386, we have this:
> >
> > [begin snippage]
> > echo '.'
> >
> > # interrupts for /dev/random device
> > if [ "X${rand_irqs}" != X"NO" ] ; then
> > echo -n 'entropy source: '
> > rndcontrol ${rand_irqs}
> > fi
> >
> > echo '.' # probably bogus
> > [end snippage]
> >
> > The 'probably bogus' comment is true: if you don't have rand_irqs set
> > to anything, you get an extra '.' printed on a line all by itself.
> > This has bugged me for a while. (I'm funny that way.) What's the correct
> > way to fix this? Should the entropy source message be part of the
> > '386 specific' config messages or should it be a seperate caterory,
> > and thus be on a line by itself? Put another way, should the first
> > "echo '.'" go away, or should the 'probably bogus' one be moved inside
> > the if/fi clause?
> >
> > - Even though we have rpc.lockd and rpc.statd in the tree now, there
> > are no knobs for it in /etc/sysconfig or /etc/rc. Shouldn't we be
> > be starting them if NFS is turned on?
> >
> > -Bill
> >
> > --
> > =============================================================================
> > -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu
> > Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research
> > Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City
> > =============================================================================
> > "If you're ever in trouble, go to the CTR. Ask for Bill. He will help you."
> > =============================================================================
> --
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