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Subject: Re: HEADS UP: rc.d is in the tree
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David Xu wrote:
> All you need is having a service manager like program in Windowz NT,
> so every service should report its ready status when it is actually ready not
> just started,  every daemon should be rewritted to support reporting its status,
> STARTING, STARTED, SUSPENDING, SUSPENDED, STOPING,
> STOPED, the service manager would start a service only when all its dependent
> services were actually started.

AQgree 100%, except for all the rewriting.  8-) 8-).

Actually, if you have to rewrite anything, then you are doing
things wrong.

There might be xome minor patches to a few programs, but the
vast majority of them should be able to be left alone.

-- Terry

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