Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:04:50 -0500 From: Jim Trigg <jtrigg@spamcop.net> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports startup scripts in /etc/rc.d Message-ID: <20040123150450.GH16715@spamcop.net> In-Reply-To: <401136B5.7080906@fillmore-labs.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031130234018.74465G-100000@fledge.watson.org> <401136B5.7080906@fillmore-labs.com>
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 03:59:01PM +0100, Oliver Eikemeier wrote: > 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. > > An updated patch that does (2) is in PR 56736: > <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=conf/56736>; Having not spotted this thread earlier, I'll put my vote in for 3 -- it's trivial to implement, and doesn't generate places for unexpected issues to spring up. I'd choose either /etc/local/rc.d/ or /etc/rc.d/local/. Jim Trigg -- Jim Trigg, Lord High Everything Else O- /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN Hostmaster, Huie Kin family website X HELP CURE HTML MAIL Verger, All Saints Church - Sharon Chapel / \
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