From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 3 13:51:25 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA29515 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:51:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nomad.dataplex.net (nomad.nobell.com [208.24.204.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA29501 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:51:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rkw@dataplex.net) Received: from localhost (rkw@localhost) by nomad.dataplex.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA01882; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 15:50:56 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from rkw@dataplex.net) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 15:50:56 -0600 (CST) From: Richard Wackerbarth To: "Daniel J. O'Connor" cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more modular rc/init/uninit system... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Daniel J. O'Connor wrote: > > On 03-Feb-99 Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > > A package definition file that doesn't change when another package is > > added. > > To generate a script which does not require "make"-like complexity at > > startup run time. > > To use a "language" that is friendlier than that of "sh" > > A shell script which does the starting/stopping/etc could also return the > dependencies (ie samba.sh dependencies) of the package. But it could not embody the execution of them without either altering the file, generating another file (my suggestion), or having "make"-like complexity. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message