Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:49:31 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>, FreeBSD current mailing list <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: periodic emails Message-ID: <CAGH67wQOhsqBCRSWwH%2BaUVZWXzN0X6jLZr5L1MZycPx_-Ldygg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F023387.1060300@FreeBSD.org> References: <E4CECE08-C9BE-4CA5-842B-420A44DCF461@lists.zabbadoz.net> <CAGH67wSUuzMtS51gOV5POEmuw3Do-Kcg6H3dawpDJ39a=OSw7A@mail.gmail.com> <4F023387.1060300@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 01/02/2012 14:14, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>
>> =A0 =A0 How does this look for starters? The attached patch's goal is to
>> provide a generic, rc(5)-like infrastructure that would quiet down the
>> periodic emails for 120.clean-preserve .
>
> The periodic scripts are badly in need of attention, so effort in that
> area is much appreciated.
>
> Regarding your patch, rather than copying functions from rc.subr, why
> not just source it? Yes, you will get more than you need, but I think
> that the virtue of not having to maintain the same code in 2 places far
> outweighs that minor drawback.
That works too, assuming that rc.subr isn't too rc(5) centric.
Thanks for the feedback!
-Garrett
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