Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 23:42:42 +0200 From: Dave Cottlehuber <dch@skunkwerks.at> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ensuring runtime rc.d service dependencies Message-ID: <1491428562.2349115.935585736.1435B6C5@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <20170405220635.6725b0b79bd25977971d7857@sohara.org> References: <1491425682.764732.935543008.3B6544EA@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20170405220635.6725b0b79bd25977971d7857@sohara.org>
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> > However at run time, I do want A to be started before B does. > > Is this > > possible to do within /etc/rc.* framework, or would I need to > > make use > > of > > a custom script roughly doing: > > Why not simply add REQUIRE and PROVIDE settings (they're singular > not plural words) with some dummy value so that A declares > PROVIDE: A and > B > declares REQUIRE: A then rcorder will do the right thing for you. Thanks Steve I've considered this already; the services are in the ports tree already; they are not custom ones. We have a fork of ports so that's a fallback option but I'd prefer less local patches if there's an alternative, even though they're minor. A+ Dave
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