From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 19:37:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2082616A417 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:37:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail6.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C547313C442 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:37:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.8p) with ESMTP id 221705782-1834499 for multiple; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:35:21 -0500 Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lASJbEpj031253; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:37:15 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:37:13 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <200711282116.53008.antik@bsd.ee> In-Reply-To: <200711282116.53008.antik@bsd.ee> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711281437.13827.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:37:15 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4946/Wed Nov 28 14:04:59 2007 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Andrei Kolu Subject: Re: questionable feature- rcvar woes X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:37:24 -0000 On Wednesday 28 November 2007 02:16:51 pm Andrei Kolu wrote: > Something is wrong with rcvar or I am just blatant. > > For example: > > 1) Enable powerd in rc.conf > # echo 'enable_powerd="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf > 2) Launch powerd > # /etc/rc.d/powerd start > Starting powerd. > 3) And stopping it. > # /etc/rc.d/powerd stop > Stopping powerd. > > Everything looks fine, but when I disable powerd in rc.conf then problem > arise. > > 1) Disable powerd in rc.conf- comment it out. > # enable_powerd="YES" > 2) Stop powerd > # /etc/rc.d/powerd stop > ...silence- nothing in logs either. > > What? Not even a warning message and powerd is actually running- why I have to > reboot to disable it? I know that I can stop it by enabling it in rc.conf but > what the point? Same problem when I want to start some service without > appropriate line in rc.conf. I'd prefer to see somekind of warning about > misconfigured rc.conf or at least information about what's going on in > reality. Use forcestart or forcestop to manage services that are not enabled in rc.conf. This is normal. If you got a warning, then on shutdown every rc.d script that is disabled would whine. Simiarly on boot since all rc.d scripts are started on boot. -- John Baldwin