Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 09:38:01 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral) Cc: dhw@whistle.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more modular rc/init/uninit system... Message-ID: <199902040938.CAA10082@usr04.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <36B79273.C201B5AD@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at Feb 3, 99 09:04:03 am
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> 1) Links? That's awful. Configuration information should be put in a
> FILE.
Uh, we await your diffs to phkmalloc. Be sure to run them by Poul
so he can reject them. 8-).
> 2) Run levels are flawed. They are "one-dimensional", and the
> problem they have to solve is not. (Refer to PPP vs Network
> problem).
Run states resolve this.
> 3) It makes something simple (specifying a dependency) difficult, by
> having the manager figure out the dependency graph and needlessly
> introduce opportunity for inconsistency (like startup/shutdown
> scripts not matched).
>
> This is precisely what should NOT be implemented, imho.
It's actually two dimensional, since it includes directory order
vs. level (state) specific director{y|ies}.
But it doesn't solve all the problems, no. Just all the ones
BSD has that SysV doesn't. 8-p.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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