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Date:      Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:27:13 +0100
From:      Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
To:        Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: /usr/local/etc/rc.d  vs  /etc/rc.conf question
Message-ID:  <41EF8781.505@locolomo.org>
In-Reply-To: <41EF62E8.5020008@raad.tartu.ee>
References:  <20041202163900.GA14829@akroteq.com> <A62E611EBDA3E55081ACC696@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <20041202210019.GA23230@lb.tenfour> <20041218134553.GA24368@akroteq.com> <41EF62E8.5020008@raad.tartu.ee>

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Toomas Aas wrote:
> Andy Firman wrote:
> 
>> On my 4.10 box, there is a mysql-server script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d 
>> and nothing
>> in /etc/rc.conf, yet mysql-server starts up a boot time. 
>> Why?   
> 
> 
> Your mysql-server port was probably installed before 31.10.2004. It was 
> modified to use rc.conf variables at that date (see /usr/ports/UPDATING).
> 

AFAIK 4.x will run any script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d which ends in .sh 
and is executable. The script may use variables stored in /etc/rc.conf 
but in old installations the scripts has not been updated.

If you want not to start mysql-server on startup, rename the script or 
change permissions.

Cheers, Erik

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