Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 03:35:29 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USE_RC_SUBR Message-ID: <1075710928.89887.47.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpsmhuc7ot.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <xzpsmhuef9m.fsf@dwp.des.no> <1075666428.89887.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <xzpsmhuc7ot.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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--=-0zV5c5RFZsnBq1xboDH5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 01:32, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> writes: > > There was a problem with testing for /etc/rc.subr existence with packag= e > > builds on bento. However, this is being addressed in the current 4-exp > > build. >=20 > Thanks. >=20 > Another issue with rc.subr is POLA. Previously, anything listed in > /usr/local/etc/rc.d would start at boot time (or when you ran the > script manually). Now, though, ports using rc.subr don't start unless > you explicitly enable them in /etc/rc.conf. The startup script will > simply do nothing, with no warning to the user. I got bitten by this > last night when I updated SpamAssassin on my mail server, and found > out only this morning that it had switched to using rc.subr. >=20 > I'm not going to start an argument about the desirability of this; the > point is that people need to be made aware of it. I agree, and I was almost bit in the same manner. This would best be done by the porter via pkg-message so that it works the same for both ports and packages. Joe >=20 > DES --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-0zV5c5RFZsnBq1xboDH5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAHgvQb2iPiv4Uz4cRAtHGAKCTAsGYITBlqE0kgjXMWkzNqVwgQwCgq6b2 /Vmy7AzJE4Eo0tJiTtXg/r8= =31AJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-0zV5c5RFZsnBq1xboDH5--
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