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Date:      Wed, 28 Mar 2001 02:23:34 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc
Message-ID:  <20010328022334.S9431@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <200103281013.f2SADRu73758@freefall.freebsd.org>; from brian@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 02:13:27AM -0800
References:  <200103281013.f2SADRu73758@freefall.freebsd.org>

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* Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org> [010328 02:13] wrote:
> brian       2001/03/28 02:13:27 PST
> 
>   Modified files:
>     etc                  rc 
>   Log:
>   Remove sockets found in /var/run or /var/spool/lock at boot time
>   (as well as files).

This may be a bad idea.

Some applications may use these files as an indication of an
unorderly shutdown (kill -9 / crash).  And refuse to start unless
repair utilities are run (or run them automatically).

What do you think?

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.

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