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Date:      Sun, 9 Jul 2000 03:52:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net>
To:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.shutdown
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007090347130.407-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000708220113.A81167@freebsd.org>

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On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:

>On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 12:29:24PM -0700, Eugene M. Kim wrote:
>> That sounds like a good idea, provided that it will be gone after a
>> reasonable heads-up grace period.  One scenario might be:
>> 
>> * In FreeBSD 4.1:
>> 
>> - Add a `# start|stop' line to every startup script in ports.
>
>I object such indirect magic as local hack hard to remember and not in Unix 
>style. Separate directories for sturtup/shutdown is much clearer solution.

How about a rc.conf knob that controls whether rc.shutdown tells the rc.d
scripts to "stop" and leave it up to the sysadmin to enable a new (helpful
sometimes) feature which could be confusing or painful if turned on behind
our backs.  




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