Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 17:17:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>, kris@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rc.d startup scripts Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0005091715160.26008-100000@rac8.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <39184503.726FE713@gorean.org>
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> > > Yeah, I was just joking, I kinda like some things about SVR4, but I still > > think it would be nice to keep the option of using some of the regular rc > > scripts that we have now. Imagine the confusion of the people that have > > ONLY used FreeBSD when they go in and see rc.d and all it's > > scripts. Personally I kinda like the rc.d stuff better myself, but I'm > > just thinking about the average user. > > What does the average user do with the rc scripts? (BTW, I'm not being > combative here, just using your letter as an opportunity...) In my > outline we would still have /etc/rc.conf[.local], which is what the > average user interacts with now. It's what happens behind the scenes > that I want to change. The way that the various services get started. > Instead of the arcane, confusing system of rc* files we have now (most > of which grew out of necessity, don't get me wrong) we would have a > system that could be used at startup, and then also used while the > system is running to upgrade and downgrade individual bits, or groups of > bits. > Well, I guess I am not an average user then. I have customized most of my rc scripts. You are right though, it seems much better to "change what goes on behind the scenes" because it took me quite a while to learn what everything we have now did, and it took me only a day or two to figure out how to use the system you describe (well the back end anyway) Ken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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