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From: Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@clara.net>
To: Ernst de Haan <ernsth@nl.euro.net>
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Subject: Re: Starting a service after installation?
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* Ernst de Haan (ernsth@nl.euro.net) wrote:

> Okay, then what about a /etc/services.conf in combination with
> an /etc/defaults/services.conf ? Sounds like a valid approach to
> me. The only problem is that /etc/defaults/services.conf would have
> to be updated a lot.  So perhaps we should put this file in below
> ${PORTSDIR} somewhere....

What's so wrong with chmod -x $PREFIX/etc/rc.d/foo.sh that would make
the extra maintainence and complexity of another config file worthwhile?

Maybe a small tool to walk /usr/*/etc/rc.d/ to enable/disable startup
scripts would be better?

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Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst  -  freaky@aagh.net  -  http://www.aagh.net/

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