Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:39:38 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: David Thompson <dat1965@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/rc.d/ypxfrd REQUIRE needs updating Message-ID: <20060822143938.GB12125@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <20060822003720.20753.qmail@web55101.mail.re4.yahoo.com> References: <20060822003720.20753.qmail@web55101.mail.re4.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 05:37:20PM -0700, David Thompson wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I see that /etc/rc.d/ypxfrd has,
>=20
> # PROVIDE: ypxfrd
> # REQUIRE: rpcbind
>=20
> but ypxfrd_precmd() does a forcestart on both rpcbind and
> ypserv,
>=20
> ypxfrd_precmd()
> {
> if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable && \
> ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
> then
> force_depend rpcbind || return 1
> fi
> if ! checkyesno nis_server_enable && \
> ! /etc/rc.d/ypserv forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
> then
> force_depend ypserv || return 1
> fi
>=20
> _domain=3D`domainname`
> if [ -z "$_domain" ]; then
> warn "NIS domainname(1) is not set."
> return 1
> fi
> }
>=20
> So why isn't ypserv part of ypxfrd's REQUIRE?
>=20
> Using 'REQUIRE: rpcbind ypserv' would make /etc/rc
> naturally execute ypserv before ypxfrd, courtesy of
> rcorder.
This sounds correct. This example highlights one the weakness of rc.d
vs Apple's startup scripts. We only have a way to control ordering, not a
way say "don't start _this_ if _that_ didn't start".
-- Brooks
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