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Date:      Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:10:09 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Vasil Dimov <vd@datamax.bg>
Cc:        robin@isometry.net, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why mail/dovecot installs rc script in /etc/rc.d/ ?
Message-ID:  <20051025151009.GA16264@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20051025081344.GA52664@qlovarnika.bg.datamax>
References:  <20051025081344.GA52664@qlovarnika.bg.datamax>

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On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 11:13:45AM +0300, Vasil Dimov wrote:
> Normally rc scripts for applications from the ports collection go into
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/.
>=20
> Is there any special reason for mail/dovecot to install its rcNG script
> in /etc/rc.d/ instead of /usr/local/etc/rc.d/?
>=20
> mergemaster does not know anything about it and asks if it should be
> deleted.

Ports usually do this because they need to be executed at a time of
their choice and that's the only way to do it under the current regime.
mergemaster is broken in this case.

-- Brooks

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