Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:30:51 +0100 From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there any reason to keep sysutils/rc_subr? Message-ID: <20091114133051.GB35115@stack.nl> In-Reply-To: <4AFBCBFE.6090504@FreeBSD.org> References: <4AFBCBFE.6090504@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:49:02AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > I'm wondering if there is any reason to keep sysutils/rc_subr around? > In bsd.port.mk the default sub for %%RC_SUBR%% is already > /etc/rc.subr, and all supported platforms have always had that file. > After the release of 8.0 I'd like to do the following: > 1. Deprecate sysutils/rc_subr > 2. Update all ports rc.d scripts that currently use %%RC_SUBR%% to use > /etc/rc.subr instead. > 3. Simplify any ports Makefiles that depend on sysutils/rc_subr > 4. Simplify bsd.port.mk > I also think it would be reasonable to update the Handbook section on > ports rc.d scripts to use /etc/rc.subr now. > Any objections? A separate rc_subr port may be useful in case new functions are added to rc.subr, and it is desired to use these functions on systems that do not have them in /etc/rc.subr. -- Jilles Tjoelker
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