From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 16 09:54:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 147E816A41F; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:54:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DC4043D64; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:53:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B65D41A3C1C; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:53:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0765E51258; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:53:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:53:57 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Jeremie Le Hen Message-ID: <20051216095357.GA61789@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200512022006.jB2K67AK078509@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051203004057.GA20872@nagual.pp.ru> <4390EFB6.3090307@FreeBSD.org> <20051203012324.GA34147@nagual.pp.ru> <4390F9A2.208@FreeBSD.org> <20051216013955.GW3512@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051216013955.GW3512@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Doug Barton , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc rc.shutdown rc.subr src/etc/rc.d localpkg src/sys/sys param.h X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:54:02 -0000 --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 02:39:55AM +0100, Jeremie Le Hen wrote: > Hi, Doug, >=20 > On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 05:49:22PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > > > Typical problem for porter (like me) is not knowing deeps of rc.d=20 > > > subsystem. To be more specific, personally me can't make 'apache13' p= ort=20 > > > do its limits without damaging main rc shell in the same time. If you= can,=20 > > > please look 'apache13' port and feel free to fix rc script there. > >=20 > > I'm sorry if I wasn't clear before, the only thing port authors need to= do > > for properly functioning rc.d-style scripts is to install them as foo > > instead of foo.sh. I have attached an untested patch for apache13 that > > should do the trick, or at least show you what I have in mind. > >=20 > > At some point down the road, when we've dropped support for releases pr= ior > > to 6.1, this will simply be the way that all such scripts are installed= , but > > between now and then, there will be some transition pain involved. >=20 > When I first read your mail on arch@ I didn't think about it, but now > I'm reading this thread, it stirs my mind. RELENG_6 is supposed to > be very stable. Though the ultimate stability would be to stay in > RELENG_6_0, I think MFC'ing those changes to RELENG_6 would cause much > pain to system administrators who will be upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1 if > they don't not update their apache13 port accordingly. Similar changes to ports are ongoing all the time, so I don't think this argument is a very good one. Kris --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDoo61Wry0BWjoQKURAoCpAJ9xN05AVb4puugbPk3GU0rTupE1kwCcD03A 0lo15wQi5fpQBrNGHuLGfqY= =xRKZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb--