Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 00:25:06 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Richard Coleman <richardcoleman@mindspring.com> Cc: "Maxim M. Kazachek" <stranger@sberbank.sibnet.ru> Subject: Re: Ports startup scripts in /etc/rc.d (Re: 5.2-BETA and related ports issues) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031201002404.74465J-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <3FCAD0DC.9090104@mindspring.com>
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On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Richard Coleman wrote: > > (2) Reevaluate the order at routine points in the boot where new scripts > > might now be available (due to file system mounts or whatever). > > Essentially "insert the new cards into the deck, and shuffle". This > > requires rethinking of our current approach, which assumes a static > > order is created once at the start of the boot by rcorder(8). The > > devil will be in the big picture *and* the details of the > > implementation. > > > > (3) Add /local/etc/rc.d or /local/rc.d or /etc/local/rc.d or the like, a > > new directory that third party applications are allowed to modify > > during install, and that will be present for the creation of the > > static ordering by rcorder(8) early in the boot. The devil will be in > > the bikeshed, but the implementation is easy. > <...> > > > > I'm actually leaning towards (2) as being the best solution, as it's easy > > and functional. > > I think this message sums up the options quite nicely. > > I like option 2 the best, with option 3 a close second. I think either > would be an acceptable compromise. > > Option 1 abandons the ability for read-only /usr, which many people > like. That and the NFS problems that Robert mentioned should rule this > out. > > But I like anything over doing nothing (option 4). Having written the e-mail, I should really have indicated that either (2) or (3) is a winner, and (3) is probably easier. Comes of spending a lot of time on the description of the solutions, and little time on the opinion :-). Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Senior Research Scientist, McAfee Research
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