Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:37:30 +0100 From: Milan Obuch <freebsd-stable@dino.sk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: questionable feature- rcvar woes Message-ID: <200711282037.32490.freebsd-stable@dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <200711282116.53008.antik@bsd.ee> References: <200711282116.53008.antik@bsd.ee>
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On Wednesday 28 November 2007 20:16:51 Andrei Kolu wrote: > Something is wrong with rcvar or I am just blatant. > > For example: > > 1) Enable powerd in rc.conf > # echo 'enable_powerd="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf > 2) Launch powerd > # /etc/rc.d/powerd start > Starting powerd. > 3) And stopping it. > # /etc/rc.d/powerd stop > Stopping powerd. > Agree - everything just fine. > Everything looks fine, but when I disable powerd in rc.conf then problem > arise. > > 1) Disable powerd in rc.conf- comment it out. > # enable_powerd="YES" > 2) Stop powerd > # /etc/rc.d/powerd stop > ...silence- nothing in logs either. > Stop for a moment - enable_powerd means actually 'enable action carried by /etc/rc.d/powerd script', using this semantics actually explains all details. Or you could treat it as a stack of a sort, reversing order to 2) 1) just produces desired output. > What? Not even a warning message and powerd is actually running- why I have > to reboot to disable it? I know that I can stop it by enabling it in > rc.conf but what the point? Same problem when I want to start some service > without appropriate line in rc.conf. I'd prefer to see somekind of warning > about misconfigured rc.conf or at least information about what's going on > in reality. > I hope my explanation above suffices. I was hit by this too, but rc.d scripts behavior is well designed and understandable. If, for some reason, you are still hit with described behavior, there is a save rope - /etc/rc.d/powerd forcestop will stop powerd even if there is no enable var in rc.conf. Regards, Milan -- No need to mail me directly. Just reply to mailing list, please.
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