Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:07:35 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>, Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>, Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@redirect.to>, Andrew Hesford <ajh3@usrlib.org>, Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net>, Jon Parise <jon@csh.rit.edu>, Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>, bsddiy@163.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, eivind@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: import NetBSD rc system Message-ID: <nospam-992563656.87141@maxim.gbch.net> In-Reply-To: <200106142336.f5ENa2r34926@earth.backplane.com> of Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:36:02 MST References: <20010614162333.V810-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com> <200106142336.f5ENa2r34926@earth.backplane.com>
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Matt Dillon wrote: | If you try to make the thing 'perfect' in the first release you could | end up dragging development out many more weeks or months then otherwise. Indeed. | I was thinking of something along the lines of an rc.conf variable that | causes /etc/rc to use the new system rather then the old. That way someone | (like me) can simply set a single variable in /etc/rc.conf, keep all | the other rc.conf that was there intact, reboot, and magically be using | the new system. If it doesn't work right, I can comment out the variable, | reboot again, and be back to my old system, and then generate a bug | report. This is an excellent suggestion and will make it easier for those of us who don't have the <resource> to contribute code to at least test it and provide useful feedback. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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