Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:32:39 +0000 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Sam Lawrance <lawrance@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Startup at boot problem Message-ID: <1143214359.16053.152.camel@mayday.esat.net> In-Reply-To: <B6CE362B7099434BC86EABD1@utd59514.utdallas.edu> References: <0EF5CD301A7EA4ABAE895ACD@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <D25CA5D6-C919-4248-B1D2-8686ED77166D@FreeBSD.org> <B6CE362B7099434BC86EABD1@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 09:17 -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On Friday, March 24, 2006 20:17:23 +1100 Sam Lawrance
> <lawrance@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > On 24/03/2006, at 6:10 AM, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> >
> >> I'm working on a new port that uses tcl scripting rather than
> >> compiled binaries. The startup script works fine except at boot.
> >> During the boot, I get this error message:
> >> "exec: tclsh8.4: not found"
> >>
> >> The script has the following in the "header" section:
> >> # PROVIDE: sensor_agent
> >> # REQUIRE: LOGIN tclsh8.4
> >> # BEFORE: LOGIN
> >> # KEYWORD: FreeBSD shutdown
> >>
> >> Is there some other word I can use in REQUIRE that will allow
> >> tclsh8.4 to be found?
> >
> > I think you've misunderstood what REQUIRE is meant to do (it's not for
> > specifying dependencies like a port does with *_DEPENDS). See the man
> > page for rcorder.
> >
> Hmm...I'm pretty sure I know what REQUIRE means. It means that you don't
> want your script to start until the REQUIREd items have been started.
>
> I solved the problem by using the full path in the script. Originally it
> had "exec tclsh8.4". I patched it to have "exec /usr/local/bin/tclsh8.4",
> and it starts fine on boot now. Obviously PATH didn't have /usr/local/bin
> in it at the time the script was being initiated.
Default PATH doesn't have ${PREFIX}/(s)bin at all. See /etc/rc.
--
Florent Thoumie
flz@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD Committer
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