Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 16:44:24 +0200 (MET DST) From: Alain Kalker <alain@Wit401402.student.utwente.nl> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au> Cc: patl@asimov.volant.org, syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au, ports@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports startup scripts Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950921164150.376A-100000@Wit401402.student.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: <199509211256.WAA17842@orion.devetir.qld.gov.au>
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On Thu, 21 Sep 1995, Stephen McKay wrote: > All those fiddly little scripts give me the irrits too. Half of them run > 'ps' in a reckless manner on shutdown in a hope-I-got-it-right attempt to > find the server they want to kill. Some do that on startup too! > > They are a feeble attempt at enabling and disabling services. If we want > that sort of thing, let's build some sort of super-server (like init or inetd) > to look after them properly (plus some system admin tool to flip them on > and off, and maybe keep track of dependencies on other servers). Let's not > embrace this particular bit of System V. Now _this_ looks like a very interesting idea to me! Just my humble expression of opinion. --- Alain
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