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Date:      Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:03:18 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-rc@freebsd.org, Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: mountd and reload
Message-ID:  <201003291203.18304.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <4BAE67FA.6070609@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201003261410.35830.jhb@freebsd.org> <a78074951003261218h39d6f021u7376ee67b5d74437@mail.gmail.com> <4BAE67FA.6070609@FreeBSD.org>

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On Saturday 27 March 2010 4:18:02 pm Doug Barton wrote:
> On 03/26/10 12:18, Xin LI wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:10 AM, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >> FYI, it would be nice if someone could fix it so that /etc/rc.d/mountd 
reload
> >> works when nfs_server_enable="YES" is set in /etc/rc.conf but
> >> mountd_enable="YES" is not explicitly set.
> >
> > How would you think about something like this (hackish, though...  I
> > think we should perhaps make a 'rcvars' list):
> 
> I am opposed to it. We already have a mechanism for starting things that
> don't have _enable set.
> 
> OTOH I agree that there is a more general problem that our rc.d system
> should be smarter about what dependent services need to be enabled for a
> given service but that problem should be solved generally. One-off hacks
> like this will create a lot of drama and confusion that I would really
> prefer to avoid.

Can we come up with some sort of solution please?  Right now 'sh 
/etc/rc.d/mountd reload' is useless for the common case.

-- 
John Baldwin



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