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Date:      Sun, 16 Jun 2002 09:38:01 +0930
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Mike Makonnen <makonnen@pacbell.net>, Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: rc.d is in the tree
Message-ID:  <20020616000801.GG65995@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206151126360.28471-100000@smtp.gnf.org>
References:  <3D0A6E7B.F243329A@mindspring.com> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206151126360.28471-100000@smtp.gnf.org>

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On Saturday, 15 June 2002 at 11:30:08 -0700, Gordon Tetlow wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Terry Lambert wrote:
>
>> Mike Makonnen wrote:
>>> Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> wrote:
>>>> in amd,
>>>>       # REQUIRE: rpcbind mountall ypbind nfsclient
>>>>                                   ******
>>>> since i don't use yp, how can i override this?
>>>>
>>>> or in other words, can REQUIRE be configurable too?
>>>
>>> The REQUIRE line doesn't mean it will be started. It just means that
>>> ypbind comes before amd in the boot process.
>>
>> Ick.
>>
>> What should be used instead of REQUIRE to mean that it will be
>> started?
>>
>> I.e. if "REQUIRE" describes soft dependency ordering, what
>> describes hard dependency ordering?
>
> I don't like this design decision either. I have a couple of ideas on how
> to get rid of rcorder completely and bring the dependency checking into
> the script itself (complete with the notion of hard and soft
> dependencies).

Are you talking with lukem about this?  It would be nice to stay as
compatible as possible.

Greg
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