Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 09:04:13 -0500 From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cron(8) improvement Message-ID: <527F925D.5030201@m5p.com> In-Reply-To: <527EEE3D.9000101@allanjude.com> References: <52792B60.1030309@allanjude.com> <D260751E-85D2-4591-88E0-5EFE1821D532@orthanc.ca> <CA%2B7WWSf_%2BBg8rjLdN1j032G2P81odfmQe-Ejyq7A4CqyqPqiAA@mail.gmail.com> <527BCA55.2000207@allanjude.com> <D5199AC5-61E9-4D58-B31E-51E47F1CCFDF@orthanc.ca> <527C5D52.7030508@allanjude.com> <047405A8-B6EB-427B-A2E4-6254DD1A077B@orthanc.ca> <CA%2B7WWSfiWT4wprOS8oQS5YaeE%2BjjyxfK5fzAyFz8XMyX_J%2BoLw@mail.gmail.com> <3E6377FF-69FE-48E4-BFB1-E5095A7FA1BB@orthanc.ca> <527C6DEF.6020102@allanjude.com> <527E3EB3.6000301@FreeBSD.org> <8034B822-F903-43D1-8BF6-DFAD7C22F5B0@gsoft.com.au> <CAJ-VmomXRuwJdKUsbgMjvEtBaDiZoCxacLXOpxhCqoVhkigL6g@mail.gmail.com> <527ED34A.1060401@allanjude.com> <CAJ-Vmokb4=05wVSEzv47sWiU6CLb-_cBQ1FhPSgv%2BeuX8xf2cw@mail.gmail.com> <527EE417.6060704@allanjude.com> <CAJ-VmokX8vV7fz1v%2BR4jXte3vYAQbUF21jscGVYswb=rtk681w@mail.gmail.com> <527EE84D.4060901@allanjude.com> <CAJ-Vmomyk08JDPEhOKo9LHDp2%2Bi0NkzpwJob-AUV1b1jiNwyhA@mail.gmail.com> <527EEE3D.9000101@allanjude.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 11/09/13 21:23, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2013-11-09 21:13, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> On 9 November 2013 17:58, Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com> wrote: >> >>> Well, if the rc.conf config is specific to the daemon being installed by >>> the package, then the existing /etc/rc.conf.d/ system works fine, it >>> just falls down a little on xorg configuring hald, unless you just make >>> the xorg package create /etc/rc.conf.d/hald and /etc/rc.conf.d/dbus >> If I install hal/dbus, why wouldn't they themselves populate >> /etc/rc.conf.d/hald and /etc/rc.conf.d/dbus ? >> >> If there are hal/dbus options that need configuring by other packages, >> then sure, you'll need to add some other things too. > ahh, right, why didn't I think of that > >>> I like the simplicity of rc.conf, and I would much rather not involve an >>> sqlite database, I am not sure how that could possibly be faster then >>> sourcing an extra shell script. >> Don't focus on that. The sqlite example is just that - an example - >> showing what kind of operations you would want to implement to _allow_ >> you to do that. I'm not advocating for doing it in freebsd-base. >> >> The point I'm making is this: >> >> * when populating rc.conf.d/, don't just do 'cp' in a post-install script >> * when populating the cron daemon entries in rc.cron.d, don't just >> 'cp' in a post-install script. >> >> >> -adrian > > If the cron daemon is just scanning /etc/cron.d/* and treating it as if > those lines had been appended to /etc/crontab I don't see why you > couldn't just cp in the post-install. I think it would be better if you > didn't have to 'register' a change. > > For this whole thread, please s,/etc/rc.d,/usr/local/etc/rc.d,g -- George
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?527F925D.5030201>