From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Sep 21 11:41:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B131E37B423 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:41:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id LAA04738; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:40:37 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda04734; Thu Sep 21 11:40:19 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id LAA10103; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:40:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdr10093; Thu Sep 21 11:39:28 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.0/8.9.1) id e8LIdRT07196; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:39:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200009211839.e8LIdRT07196@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdmi7189; Thu Sep 21 18:38:27 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: chad@DCFinc.com Cc: jmutter@ds.net (jmutter), freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SysV Style Init? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 Sep 2000 20:27:23 PDT." <200009210327.UAA03936@freeway.dcfinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:38:27 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200009210327.UAA03936@freeway.dcfinc.com>, "Chad R. Larson" writes: > As I recall, jmutter wrote: > > Before I go and do this on my own, has anyone bothered to convert the > > rc.* scripts to System V style S/K scripts? I'm trying to introduce > > FreeBSD into a large .com, the SysV style init scripts would be > > helpful so that I can avoid retraining the production staff. > > One of the few things about SysV that I think is an improvement over > BSD is the concept of "run states". Fairly easy to implement, I > believe (small changes in "init" and some shuffling of scripts), but > probably a political uphill fight against traditionalists... I raised this issue a number of years ago and was immediately shut down. I don't want us to go there again. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message