Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:59:01 +0100 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: "Maxim M. Kazachek" <stranger@sberbank.sibnet.ru> Subject: Re: Ports startup scripts in /etc/rc.d Message-ID: <401136B5.7080906@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031130234018.74465G-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031130234018.74465G-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote: [...] > For 5.2-CURRENT, I think we should revisit this issue with one of the > following conclusions winning out, and the rest being discarded as > flame-bait: > > [...] > > (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. > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects > robert@fledge.watson.org Senior Research Scientist, McAfee Research An updated patch that does (2) is in PR 56736: <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=conf/56736>;
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