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 -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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