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Date:      Sat, 30 Jan 1999 12:48:37 -0500
From:      Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com>
To:        wes@softweyr.com
Cc:        "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com>, Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: more modular rc/init/uninit system... 
Message-ID:  <199901301748.MAA03171@spooky.rwwa.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 Jan 1999 10:06:51 MST." <36B33C2B.CDB07CCB@softweyr.com> 

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Regarding using Make for startup:

wes@softweyr.com said:
:- Good?  Bad?  Indifferent? 

I'd say: more complicated than the job requires.  We have a *simpler*
tool for managing graphs:  tsort(1).

If you go back to the process I suggested, you need only tsort the
dependencies and save it in /var/run.  It is then available for use
to stop selected components.

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Robert Withrow, R.W. Withrow Associates, Swampscott MA, witr@rwwa.COM



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