Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:22:42 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of the old rc system from -current Message-ID: <20030429122242.GB680@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <009001c30dbc$684a2c10$13fd2fd8@Admin02> References: <20030426154030.M13476@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <009001c30dbc$684a2c10$13fd2fd8@Admin02>
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--TiqCXmo5T1hvSQQg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 02:28:54PM -0500, Scot W. Hetzel wrote: > From: "Doug Barton" <DougB@freebsd.org> > > 2. Backport /etc/rc.subr to RELENG_4 prior to 4.9-Release. The purpose > > here is to allow ports authors to make use of the rcNG system for their > > startup scripts, and to possibly allow us to backport major features th= at > > just work better in the NG framework. > > > I started porting my ports rc scripts to work on both rcNG and rcOG syste= ms. > In this process I found the ideal solution for the ports rc.d script: >=20 > 1. define default port variables in the script > 2. check for /etc/rc.subr > a. if rc.subr exists, use rcNG style > b. if rc.subr not exists > 1. source /etc/defaults/rc.conf (or /etc/rc.conf) > 2. use rcOG style Actually, this ought to be more like: b. if rc.subr does not exist 1. source /etc/defaults/rc.conf 2. if the source_rc_confs function exists, execute it 3. if the source_rc_confs function does not exist, try to emulate it by checking for the files listed in the rc_conf_files variable and sourcing them if they exist. G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@sbnd.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 This sentence claims to be an Epimenides paradox, but it is lying. --TiqCXmo5T1hvSQQg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQE+rm6S7Ri2jRYZRVMRAvinAJ0WgJcyu5/eC5GBBXMuHNnOZp49vQCYhA9J XQ0PR35LdlPZRT5SeH/g5w== =VXOV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TiqCXmo5T1hvSQQg--
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