Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 00:23:11 -0400 From: Coranth Gryphon <gryphon@healer.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org, peter@taronga.com Subject: Re: ports startup scripts Message-ID: <199509220423.AAA02379@healer.com>
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>From owner-freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Thu Sep 21 22:07:39 1995
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 20:39:56 -0500
To: hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports startup scripts
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From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
> J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote:
> >I will yet have to see a single SysV that handles all run-level
> >transitions correctly. :-)
> That's because they're trying to be fancy with them. If you make them
> monotonic and stick to that instead of having complex /etc/rcN scripts
> there's no problem.
> Just because System V got them wrong doesn't mean we have to.
Strongly seconded! :-)
> >8 run-levels are IMVVVHO far too much to handle all permutations of
> >them. 3 are better to handle (stop, single, multi).
> I would prefer four, and only four. Terry identified them pretty well:
> 0 (stop), 1 (single), 2 (multi), 3 (full/network)
I'd be happy with this. We can do the "/etc/rc.#/script" concept, with
each run level starting everything for the previous run level.
> The System V levels are a good idea. NOT running rc1.d/K* on the
> way down is a bad one.
The concept is a good idea.
It's the implentation that we're arguing about - whether we do it their way,
or (since we are unique ANYWAY, and will remain so) doing it our way.
-coranth
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