Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 14:28:31 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more modular rc/init/uninit system... Message-ID: <199902012228.OAA12331@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <36B52323.FE27286D@newsguy.com>
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>Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 12:44:35 +0900 >From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> >Curt Sampson wrote: >> One interesting thing you can do with this is dump your own script, >> `foo', into the directory which says `x, y and z are all dependent >> on me.' Then you can start or stop foo, and that would take care >> of starting and stopping x, y and z. This will let you emulate SysV >> run levels, but also provide a lot more flexability. >Yeah, and having to change my ppp dial on demand script everytime I >add something that depends on it. Scripts shouldn't have to be >changed. That's the main benefit of FreeBSD's rc.conf. So switch the logic: the "foo" script should be able to tell a sufficiently interested inquirer what services it depends on. If some of those have additional dependencies... well, I think we know how to do transitive closure on such dependency graphs. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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