From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 9 19:30:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B315216A418 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:30:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+RA=7c7aa79b@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from turtle-out.mxes.net (turtle-out.mxes.net [216.86.168.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 856A213C448 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:30:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+RA=7c7aa79b@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-04.mxes.net (mxout-04.mxes.net [216.86.168.179]) by turtle-in.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A425163F70 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:07:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5E44D0500 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:07:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:07:46 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071209190746.6cb22b6e@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <7070AAA9B18DEF4507E20502@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> References: <200712091732.02238.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <7070AAA9B18DEF4507E20502@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: question about ordering of lines in rc.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:30:20 -0000 On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:58:47 -0600 Paul Schmehl wrote: > So, if you need a daemon to start before another daemon, rename the > startup script to begin with a number. A cleaner way to do it is to create a dummy script that sorts in between them - that avoids altering any installed files. Of course if the two files were forced into that order by their REQUIRES and BEFORE lines they will need to be edited instead.