Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:40:58 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/rc.d, and changes to /etc/rc? Message-ID: <19981117144058.A27582@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <19981117210138.03327@nothing-going-on.org>; from Nik Clayton on Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 09:01:38PM %2B0000 References: <19981115235938.22908@nothing-going-on.org> <19981117210138.03327@nothing-going-on.org>
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On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 09:01:38PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 11:59:38PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > [ Creating /etc/rc.d, populating with scripts to start/stop system > daemons, tweaking /etc/rc* to use these scripts instead ] > > > What are people's thoughts on doing the same thing to the base system? > > Well, the silence has been deafening. I've had three positive comments > by private mail, no negative comments by private mail, and nothing on > the list at all. Not even a "Take one step down that road and we > *will* kill your firstborn". Is everyone asleep? > > If there are no more comments by Thursday I'll take it as tacit agreement, > and go ahead. I'll do sendmail first. > I'm surprised to hear this. I'd say go with it. The differences between BSD and the SYSV rc files|directories is one of the most significant differences between the two models. Your ideas would be a win-win. gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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