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Date:      Thu, 04 Feb 1999 07:56:03 +1030 (CST)
From:      "Daniel J. O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: more modular rc/init/uninit system...
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990204075603.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902030530420.3706-100000@nomad.dataplex.net>

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On 03-Feb-99 Richard Wackerbarth wrote:
>  A package definition file that doesn't change when another package is
>  added.
>  To generate a script which does not require "make"-like complexity at
>  startup run time.
>  To use a "language" that is friendlier than that of "sh"

Hmm.. any ideas for format? 

A shell script which does the starting/stopping/etc could also return the
dependencies (ie samba.sh dependencies) of the package.

---
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum



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