cvs commit: src/etc rc.subr
Scott Long
scottl at samsco.org
Fri Jan 25 09:30:42 PST 2008
Roman Divacky wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 11:05:46AM -0600, Brooks Davis wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:47:43AM -0700, Scott Long wrote:
>>> Mike Makonnen wrote:
>>>> mtm 2008-01-25 16:44:34 UTC
>>>> FreeBSD src repository
>>>> Modified files:
>>>> etc rc.subr Log:
>>>> Backout previous commit. It's going to clutter the console
>>>> during boot and shutdown. I think I'll hide it behind autoboot or
>>>> maybe take brooks@ suggestion and implement a different command
>>>> prefix for booting/shutdown purposes, but in any case it needs more
>>>> thought and attention.
>>>> Noticed by: ceri
>>>> Pointyhat to: mtm
>>>> Revision Changes Path
>>>> 1.79 +0 -3 src/etc/rc.subr
>>> In any case, I think you're on a good track. I can't tell you how many
>>> times I've pulled my hair out from typing "/etc/rc.d/foo start" at the
>>> command line and having nothing at all happen as a response.
>> The one that continually messes me up is disabling nagios in
>> /etc/rc.conf during maintance and then doing "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/nagios
>> stop" and forgetting that it doen't do anything so I get individual
>> notices about all 352 cluster nodes going down. :(
>
> semantically foo_enable="YES" could permit "stop" action because I don't
> see any logical contradiction in stopping a service that is not enabled...
>
> just my 2 cents :)
>
> roman
Be that as it may, fixing the system to provide feedback to interactive
users is a good thing.
Scott
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