Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 08:30:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Startup scripts configuration [Was: Re: ports/30274: isc-dhcp3 port out of date] Message-ID: <200109081530.f88FU2c07638@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/30274; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Startup scripts configuration [Was: Re: ports/30274: isc-dhcp3 port out of date]
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 18:25:01 +0300
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 05:20:47PM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 12:00:14AM -0700, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> > > The following reply was made to PR ports/30274; it has been noted by GNATS.
> [snip]
> > > files/isc-dhcpd.sh.sample
> > > enhanced a lot to read startup options from
> > > etc/rc.isc-dhcpd.conf.
> > > program and config files checking added.
> > > messages logged through syslog.
> >
> > And once again, this makes me wonder: would it not be better to have
> > a common way of having ports' startup scripts - and local startup scripts,
> > in general - read configuration from a single source?
>
> how do you handle adding/removing/upgrading per-port specific
> sections in a single file ? for example, I make the use of
> ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.<something>.conf to keep parameters over upgrades
> instead of putting them (except defaul values) in ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/...
> putting them in a single file complicates things a lot. well,
> maybe ${PREFIX}/etc isn't the best place for them (how about
> ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.conf.d a la HP-UX ?), but single config files
> for ports aren't applicable so easily.
How about not force this upon the user, and let the user make her
own choice about whether to keep everything in a single file,
or use here-documents to source all the per-program config files? :)
A single file lets you use here-documents to divide up your config;
multiple config files do not let you keep all the configuration
in a single place (like I really, really like to do).
G'luck,
Peter
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