From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 15 12:18:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.ecoutez.net (ns1.ecoutez.net [64.36.74.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E470A37B401 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:18:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mosch@ns1.ecoutez.net) Received: (from mosch@localhost) by ns1.ecoutez.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA12769; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:19:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:19:31 -0400 From: Kevin Way To: Terry Lambert Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: import NetBSD rc system Message-ID: <20010615151931.B12090@ns1.ecoutez.net> References: <20010613202415.A3689@core.usrlib.org> <4rtjnv83.fsf@gits.dyndns.org> <20010614140208.A32012@ns1.ecoutez.net> <3B29CABE.E8852EC3@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3B29CABE.E8852EC3@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 01:43:42AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > FWIW: sendmail does not _require_ DNS, but it operates better > in the presence of DNS, even though it can provide degraded > service without it. The same goes for sendmail's need for > syslogd. > > Thus there are both hard and soft requirements. Lack of soft > requirements means degraded, but functional service (e.g. > lack of NIS does not mean you should not start getty on the > console to permit root logins). Eivend noted this in his handy requirements list, as well. It would be a divergence from the original NetBSD code, but this could be implemented by adding 'WANTS' in addition to 'REQUIRES', and calling warn if a want isn't fulfilled. An excellent point. Kevin Way To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message