Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:09:59 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org>, Jonathan, McKeown <jonathan+freebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> Subject: Re: If not the force, what should I use? Message-ID: <20080814110959.64102a91@mbook.local> In-Reply-To: <1218701945.70002.31.camel@localhost> References: <78cb3d3f0808120810o54f49373n69ac5076c9a9c9b7@mail.gmail.com> <200808130813.56656.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> <48A29E15.5080303@unsane.co.uk> <200808131227.30125.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> <20080813080032.2328a474@bhuda.mired.org> <1218646719.70002.27.camel@localhost> <20080813130612.67542bd5@mbook.local> <1218701945.70002.31.camel@localhost>
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:19:05 +0100 Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 13:06 -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:58:39 +0100 Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 08:00 -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > > > > > > stop If the service is to be started as specified by > > > > rc.conf(5), stop the service. This should check that the > > > > service is running and complain if it is not. If > > > > forcestop is given, ignore the rc.conf(5) check and > > > > attempt to stop. > > > > > > > Why should it complain? > > > > Because somebody quoted it out of context to justify a completely > > bogus assumption about what was and wasn't a bug. > > > > The bug in question is that the man page should note that > > force(start|stop|restart) should ignore any precmd problems as well as > > the setting in rc.conf, as that is what the tools provided by rc.subr > > do. > > > > <mike > > So the reason is 'Because'? > > Currently if you attempt to stop a service that is not started, there is > no error and no warning. I would like to know why you propose to change > that. Please don't jump down my throat. I don't - and didn't - propose changing it. I proposed correcting the wording on the man page so it reflects the reality of the 'force' prefix. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org
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