Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:12:00 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ordering and timing /usr/local/etc/rc.d Message-ID: <20051109181200.GB12837@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <17265.40837.338064.87576@roam.psg.com> References: <17265.40837.338064.87576@roam.psg.com>
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--tjCHc7DPkfUGtrlw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 09:04:37PM -1000, Randy Bush wrote: > i would like to order and time startups in /usr/local/etc/rc.d > to deal with sequencing and timing issues, for example >=20 > o network services come up befofe the ether is really alive > and in contact with the world. some of them don't behave > well if this happens (e.g. asterisk, ejabberd, ...) The only cases I know of where this can happen are Intel wireless cards. That can be fixed by having the ports install theirs scripts in a better place. At this point, all network devices should be up well before localpkg is run. That said, they days of programs that can't handle not having an address at startup are numbered. > o exim starts before spamassassin daemon This requires adding rcorder to localpkg. Apparently dougb has plans in this area. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --tjCHc7DPkfUGtrlw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDcjvvXY6L6fI4GtQRAgwOAJ903XnIAPLOmnsMCRYxTjXk1kbawgCfXoWe 6NUEwPlEjlz+Rc/4EfyIvD0= =tR14 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tjCHc7DPkfUGtrlw--
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