Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 13:40:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> To: <arch@freebsd.org> Cc: <kevin.way@overtone.org> Subject: Re: New rc.d init script roadmap Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110181337150.1612-100000@smtp.gnf.org> In-Reply-To: <20011018112752.B20348@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 09:46:13AM -0700, Gordon Tetlow wrote:
> > > Can you look at Kevin's work and see if you two could merge it into one
> > > prototype?
> >
> > I just looked briefly at it. I think we are actually in about the same
> > place, although he's a bit further along on the scripts. Although most of
> > them are directly from NetBSD and not a conversion of the existing FreeBSD
> > boot scripts/order.
>
> That is what we want -- as small a deveration from the NetBSD ones as
> possible. Otherwise there is no way they will accept our changes (unless
> they clearly give a measurable enhancement). We want to share this
> common source as much as possible -- gratuitous changes from the NetBSD
> rc.d system will not benefit anyone. Going from our existing RC scripts
> to an rc.d system is a big enough upheaval that we(FreeBSD) can accept a
> large change from our existing RC scripts (ie, a direct conversion is not
> as needed).
How should we handle differences? Something like:
os=`sysctl -n kern.ostype`
case ${os} in
FreeBSD)
# Stuff for FreeBSD
;;
NetBSD)
# Stuff for NetBSD
seac
would do the job. Remember, uname isn't always accessible.
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