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Date:      Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:37:16 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
Cc:        "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Andrey Zonov <zont@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, Xin LI <delphij@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r244198 - in head: etc/rc.d sbin/sysctl
Message-ID:  <F158CD10-B65B-4BBA-BCAD-6A52BC5C8FDF@mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <1355932607.1198.206.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>
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I think that it's a good idea. Maybe there's some way to give sysctl.conf th=
e equivalent of #file preprocessor directives?

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 19, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> wrot=
e:

> Hrm.  Yeah, it would.  Or at least, it might.  If the error message
> cites the text of the line it chokes on, maybe that's not a problem.
>=20
> Running sysctl once passing it a list of files would fix that, but would
> probably be more complexity than it's worth.  I just always try to find
> ways to reduce rc processing time on wimpy platforms, so these wild
> ideas pop into my head.
>=20
> -- Ian
>=20
> On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 07:52 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>> Wouldn't this obfuscate any errors in files?
>>=20
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>=20
>> On Dec 19, 2012, at 7:37 AM, Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> w=
rote:
>>=20
>>> On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 19:02 +0400, Andrey Zonov wrote:
>>>> On 12/14/12 3:32 AM, Xin LI wrote:
>>>>> Author: delphij
>>>>> Date: Thu Dec 13 23:32:47 2012
>>>>> New Revision: 244198
>>>>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/244198
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Log:
>>>>> Teach sysctl(8) about parsing a file (while I'm there also give it
>>>>> capability of parsing both =3D and : formats).
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Submitted by:    hrs (initial version, bugs are mine)
>>>>> MFC after:    3 months
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Modified:
>>>>> head/etc/rc.d/sysctl
>>>>> head/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
>>>>> head/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Modified: head/etc/rc.d/sysctl
>>>>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D
>>>>> --- head/etc/rc.d/sysctl    Thu Dec 13 23:19:13 2012    (r244197)
>>>>> +++ head/etc/rc.d/sysctl    Thu Dec 13 23:32:47 2012    (r244198)
>>>>> @@ -8,51 +8,27 @@
>>>>> . /etc/rc.subr
>>>>>=20
>>>>> name=3D"sysctl"
>>>>> +command=3D"/sbin/sysctl"
>>>>> stop_cmd=3D":"
>>>>> start_cmd=3D"sysctl_start"
>>>>> reload_cmd=3D"sysctl_start"
>>>>> lastload_cmd=3D"sysctl_start last"
>>>>> extra_commands=3D"reload lastload"
>>>>>=20
>>>>> -#
>>>>> -# Read in a file containing sysctl settings and set things accordingl=
y.
>>>>> -#
>>>>> -parse_file()
>>>>> -{
>>>>> -    if [ -f $1 ]; then
>>>>> -        while read var comments
>>>>> -        do
>>>>> -            case ${var} in
>>>>> -            \#*|'')
>>>>> -                ;;
>>>>> -            *)
>>>>> -                mib=3D${var%=3D*}
>>>>> -                val=3D${var#*=3D}
>>>>> -
>>>>> -                if current_value=3D`${SYSCTL} -n ${mib} 2>/dev/null`;=
 then
>>>>> -                    case ${current_value} in
>>>>> -                    ${val})
>>>>> -                        ;;
>>>>> -                    *)
>>>>> -                        if ! sysctl "${var}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
>>>>> -                            warn "unable to set ${var}"
>>>>> -                        fi
>>>>> -                        ;;
>>>>> -                    esac
>>>>> -                elif [ "$2" =3D "last" ]; then
>>>>> -                    warn "sysctl ${mib} does not exist."
>>>>> -                fi
>>>>> -                ;;
>>>>> -            esac
>>>>> -        done < $1
>>>>> -    fi
>>>>> -}
>>>>> -
>>>>> sysctl_start()
>>>>> {
>>>>> -
>>>>> -    parse_file /etc/sysctl.conf $1
>>>>> -    parse_file /etc/sysctl.conf.local $1
>>>>> +    case $1 in
>>>>> +    last)
>>>>> +        command_args=3D"-i -f"
>>>>> +    ;;
>>>>> +    *)
>>>>> +        command_args=3D"-f"
>>>>> +    ;;
>>>>> +    esac
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    for _f in /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.conf.local; do
>>>>> +        [ -r ${_f} ] && ${command} ${command_args} ${_f} > /dev/null
>>>>> +    done
>>>>> }
>>>>>=20
>>>>> load_rc_config $name
>>>>=20
>>>> Hi,
>>>>=20
>>>> I'd really like to see something like the patch bellow in the tree.  I
>>>> found it very useful with cfengine configuration (as like as cron.d).
>>>>=20
>>>> What do think?
>>>>=20
>>>> diff --git a/etc/rc.d/sysctl b/etc/rc.d/sysctl
>>>> index 36f1414..014e4c5 100755
>>>> --- a/etc/rc.d/sysctl
>>>> +++ b/etc/rc.d/sysctl
>>>> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sysctl_start()
>>>>       ;;
>>>>       esac
>>>>=20
>>>> -       for _f in /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.conf.local; do
>>>> +       for _f in `ls /etc/sysctl.d/* 2> /dev/null` /etc/sysctl.conf
>>>> /etc/sysctl.conf.local; do
>>>>               [ -r ${_f} ] && ${command} ${command_args} ${_f} > /dev/n=
ull
>>>>       done
>>>> }
>>>=20
>>> Instead of running sysctl a bunch of times, how about something
>>> conceptually similar to
>>>=20
>>>  cat /etc/sysctl.d/* /etc/sysctl.conf | sysctl -f -
>>>=20
>>> Along with this (untested) patch to make sysctl understand "-f -".
>>>=20
>>> Hmmm, is /dev/stdin available as early as sysctl.conf runs?  If not, the=

>>> attached patch isn't going to work.
>>>=20
>>> -- Ian
>>>=20
>>> diff -r cc5bd6d80aa1 sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c --- sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c    Su=
n Aug 19 11:01:08 2012 -0600 +++ sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c    Wed Dec 19 08:31:14=
 2012 -0700 @@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) eflag =3D 1; br=
eak; case 'f': - conffile =3D optarg; +     if (strcmp(optarg, "-") =3D=3D 0=
) +     conffile =3D "/dev/stdin"; + else +     conffile =3D optarg; break; c=
ase 'h': hflag =3D 1;
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