Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:46:15 +0200 From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New rc.d init script roadmap Message-ID: <20011022154615.A42579@gvr.gvr.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpvghc8unk.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 12:12:31AM %2B0200 References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110181320120.1612-100000@smtp.gnf.org> <xzpn12oacc5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20011018163033.C57251@squall.waterspout.com> <xzp4rowaasr.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20011018164026.A25747@squall.waterspout.com> <xzpvghc8unk.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 12:12:31AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > This issue is sufficiently complex that I actually think a small > well-thought-out special-purpose script language would be better > suited to this task that a bunch of shell scripts + rcorder, but > that is probably a far too politically controversial suggestion. > > (it's all a matter of interdependent objects on which you can perform > various operations, so a Real Hacker would come up with a lightweight > object-oriented script language that could not only manage the startup > sequence but replace make(1) as well. > Since checking is done differently per service, it makes most sense to me to put the checks in the service scripts. That means that non-standard services like ipfilter must implement there own ipfilter_cmd scripts and skip the start command if alread started. -Guido To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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