Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 19:48:46 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/rc* stuff Message-ID: <199610241748.TAA13931@grumble.grondar.za>
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I wrote that rndcontrol(8) program, so I'll fix it. It is a little too chatty by default. That will fix the extra `echo "."' M Bill Paul wrote: > Just a couple of small nits: > > - At the very end of /etc/rc.i386, we have this: > > [begin snippage] > echo '.' > > # interrupts for /dev/random device > if [ "X${rand_irqs}" != X"NO" ] ; then > echo -n 'entropy source: ' > rndcontrol ${rand_irqs} > fi > > echo '.' # probably bogus > [end snippage] > > The 'probably bogus' comment is true: if you don't have rand_irqs set > to anything, you get an extra '.' printed on a line all by itself. > This has bugged me for a while. (I'm funny that way.) What's the correct > way to fix this? Should the entropy source message be part of the > '386 specific' config messages or should it be a seperate caterory, > and thus be on a line by itself? Put another way, should the first > "echo '.'" go away, or should the 'probably bogus' one be moved inside > the if/fi clause? > > - Even though we have rpc.lockd and rpc.statd in the tree now, there > are no knobs for it in /etc/sysconfig or /etc/rc. Shouldn't we be > be starting them if NFS is turned on? > > -Bill > > -- > ============================================================================= > -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu > Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research > Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City > ============================================================================= > "If you're ever in trouble, go to the CTR. Ask for Bill. He will help you." > ============================================================================= -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key
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