Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:53:06 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Mike Makonnen <mtm@FreeBSD.Org> Cc: scottl@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, freebsd-rc <freebsd-rc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.subr Message-ID: <20080125195306.GF6064@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <1201286802.2865.8.camel@mercury> References: <200801251506.m0PF6Qwf043571@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080125152102.GD6064@submonkey.net> <20080125160412.GA36311@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <1201286802.2865.8.camel@mercury>
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--2Z2K0IlrPCVsbNpk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:46:42PM +0300, Mike Makonnen wrote: >=20 > On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 10:04 -0600, Brooks Davis wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 03:21:02PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 03:06:26PM +0000, Mike Makonnen wrote: > > > > mtm 2008-01-25 15:06:26 UTC > > > >=20 > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > >=20 > > > > Modified files: > > > > etc rc.subr=20 > > > > Log: > > > > If the rc.conf(5) variable for a script is not enabled do not fail > > > > silently. Display a message that the command wasn't run and make > > > > possible suggestions for what to do. > > >=20 > > > Any chance that we could make this behaviour dependent on some other > > > variable (or not do it)? It's going to make booting look pretty nast= y. > >=20 > > The other option I'd considered was to create a quiet precmd that works= like > > force and use quietstart/quitestop for boot. I've become convinced thi= s is the > > right interactive behavior. >=20 > Ok, I went with brooks@'s suggestion and instead implemented a quiet > prefix. In addition, I also made the 'fast' prefix imply 'quiet'. Looks fine. Certainly addresses my concerns which were mainly centered around new users and any case of "well I installed it and then got all these errors". Thanks! Ceri --=20 That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere --2Z2K0IlrPCVsbNpk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHmj4iocfcwTS3JF8RAkU0AKCPtoEPzoKztGDMlRCvhKBh/Rak9QCeMaLY 9EAwjvZuPOhNo9aL53xzaDo= =b8Rv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2Z2K0IlrPCVsbNpk--
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