Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:41:22 -0700 From: "Kian Mohageri" <kian.mohageri@gmail.com> To: "Doug Barton" <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/105568: [patch] Add more flexibility to rc.conf, to choose "_enable" values at startup Message-ID: <fee88ee40710021541ke648672r23db8e1b9a04fe56@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710021522150.23009@ync.qbhto.arg> References: <200710012040.l91KeC2t097859@freefall.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710011753400.1408@ync.qbhto.arg> <47022870.7030607@gahr.ch> <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710021522150.23009@ync.qbhto.arg>
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On 10/2/07, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > > > Doug Barton wrote: > >> What do you feel is the need/benefit of adding this? I read your PR, and > >> I don't find your reasoning very compelling. You can easily start or > >> stop services after the system enters multi-user mode by simply changing > >> the _enable variable and running /etc/rc.d/foo start|stop as needed. > >> There are precious few services that depend on being started at boot time. > > > > 1) enter multi user mode > > That's going to happen anyway, so this is a red herring. > > > 2) edit rc.conf > > 3) /etc/rc.d/foo [start|stop] > > Or just do: /etc/rc.d/foo onestart > > > 1) choose yes or no before entering multi user mode > > > > It's just a matter of comfort, cleanness and easy of handling. > > I certainly see that you believe this to be true, but I'm sorry to say > that I don't agree with you. I didn't see anything in the list of examples > you gave that convinces me that what you're proposing is dramatically > better than simply using onestart where needed. > > Perhaps others will have different opinions. > I agree with Doug on this one. While I see it being useful in a few cases, the [great] majority of the time it will go completely unused. The times when it could be used can be dealt with in other ways. Seems like feature creep to me. -Kian
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