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From: Joe Abley <jabley@automagic.org>
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Cc: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org>, kevin.way@overtone.org
Subject: Re: New rc.d init script roadmap
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On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 11:28:38AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 01:19:45PM -0400, Joe Abley wrote:
> > > There is one main issue to resolve before I go through and rewrite the
> > > rc.d scripts. Do we want to keep the existing FreeBSD scripts as much as
> > > possible? or do we want them to look like NetBSD's? I prefer the former
> > > myself. I think Kevin's implementation has gone more for the latter.
> > 
> > I think the former is more likely to result in scripts that
> > exactly match the current functionality.
> 
> Why?

Because FreeBSD and NetBSD boot systems are different, and it seems
likely that the current FreeBSD behaviour will be most easily
emulated by hacking on the FreeBSD scripts rather than NetBSD ones.

> As long as the same services start up, why does it matter?

The question is how best to ensure that the same services start up
(in response to the same configuration).


Joe

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