Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 11:22:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Patrick Tracanelli <eksffa@freebsdbrasil.com.br> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/local/etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <20040529111209.B16672@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <40B8A350.8000207@freebsdbrasil.com.br> References: <40B8A350.8000207@freebsdbrasil.com.br>
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On Sat, 29 May 2004, Patrick Tracanelli wrote: > I remember it has been discussed before, but the terms were a little bit > different, so tell me, isn't it appropriate rc.subr to suck the > configuration parameters from /usr/local/etc/rc.conf instead of > /etc/rc.conf when running startupscripts for third party applications > (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/)? > > To keep the organization principles, I dislike putting those > instructions into /etc/rc.conf when it should be read by 3rd party apps, > since I consider /etc/ to be used by the base system. Altho' old style > .sh scripts are still usefull under ${local_startup} dirs, ports > maintainers tend to write new style rc scripts that uses rc.subr to read > the user defined options (usually via /etc/rc.conf). > > Easy solution would be > > rc_conf_files=3D"/etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.local /usr/local/etc/rc.conf" > > into /etc/rc.conf, but it seems to be ignored by rc.subr when it's not > at /etc/defaults/rc.conf; > > Some 3rd party startupscripts read rc.subr from /usr/local/etc/, so if > it suck only ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.conf options, would force users to > configure it in the right place, but it would break POLA and since some > scripts read /etc/rc.subr instead if ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.subr, would also > break some ports (very very bad idea). > > So, to allow ports startupscript to be configured from > /usr/local/etc/rc.conf but also prevent people who are today used to mix > everything in /etc/rc.conf from having their app. not starting, defining > > rc_conf_files=3D"/etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.local /usr/local/etc/rc.conf" > > into /etc/defaults/rc.conf would just do it, nothing would break and > port's pkg-message could start trying to educate users to populate > /usr/local/etc/rc.conf for ports startup options and leaving > /etc/rc.conf only for the base system... Having multiple locations for system startup parameters (A l=E0 Windows) is a maintenance headache even when there's a logical method to the madness. I'm saying this as the admin of 6 racks packed with 1U and 2U machines. Be gentle... ;) Regards, Andy > Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > > Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ >
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