Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 18:27:57 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc Message-ID: <p05101005b7d5630a5ff5@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <20010924170208.A304@coffee.q9media.com> References: <200109241817.f8OIHBM06001@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010924170208.A304@coffee.q9media.com>
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At 5:02 PM -0400 9/24/01, Mike Barcroft wrote: >David E. O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes: >> obrien 2001/09/24 11:17:11 PDT >> >> Modified files: >> etc rc >> Log: > > Back out rev 1.274. The previous behavior was documented in rc.8 > > and the original commit of local_startup depended on the scripts > > being executable; so there is too much precedence to change it > > now. About all anyone could agree on is that rev 1.274 broke > > POLA and before rev 1.274 also broke POLA. > > >> Revision Changes Path >> 1.275 +2 -2 src/etc/rc > >I don't think I agree with this. I think it's a worthy thing to try >and correct this brokenness in -CURRENT (-STABLE will have to stay the >same). The ports collection rc.d files shouldn't require an execution >bit just as /etc/rc* files don't require an execution bit. I can probably live with it either way, but I think it is reasonable that the execute bit be required. That way users have a way to nullify a script without editting it or moving it. Perhaps it would be helpful if the startup-processing would notice the lack of execute permission, and print out a specific message indicating why that file was being skipped. Just a suggestion, as I don't feel too strongly about this. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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