Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 12:48:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> To: Peter da Silva <peter@taronga.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports startup scripts Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9509241201.J27857-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> In-Reply-To: <199509241625.LAA25673@bonkers.taronga.com>
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On Sun, 24 Sep 1995, Peter da Silva wrote: > > After you get that warning from /etc/daily and fix the installation problem > you'll understand the process. > > If you use a script you'll never know if there's an installation problem until > you find yourself rebuilding the script from your memory after the system > doesn't come up one day. no backups ;( > > if you are using a non-offical port, you are NOT a newbie. > > Say *what*? > > > that both use a master file. one exists as a file, the other > >exists as an artifact of ascii sort order (not obvious to our poor > >newbie, especially when we have to explain that 10 comes before 2). > > 02 comes before 10 as does 002. still not obvious to a newbie > > one directory for all start and stop scripts > > Not ideal, but acceptable. > > > explicit invocation order, a list > > Then why bother having a directory at all? You might as well just keep on > editing /etc/rc.local... > > > dont have to flip directories to see how level 0 differs from > >level 1--just check the list > > ls /etc/rc*.d is a list. > > > no ascii sort order surprises ( 0 1 2 243 43) > > I've been using the System V scheme for ten years and I've never seen a > single "ascii sort order" surprise, even from Oracle (and they're *really* > sloppy about this stuff, or used to be). standard newbie stuff. create 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 10 hey why did 10 run before 2. now i KNOW that 2 < 10. 2 ran before 3, so i am right. better file a bug report. > > no having to chase links > > No having to chase links. > > > increased clarity (i hope) > > I find a script less clear than a directory listing. > > I've done it both ways. This one really does work better... well enough to > have replaced /etc/rc on Xenix and s:user-startup on my Amiga. Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346
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