[FreeBSD-rc] Re: RFC: Removal of the old rc system from -current

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20030428211331.ABDF12A7EA at canning.wemm.org>, Peter Wemm writes:

>Suppose we have two third party vendors.  One
>supplies a rcOG hook because they were too lazy to convert it, and put in
>their instructions "Be sure to set rcng=NO in /etc/rc.conf".
>
>Then, you get another component from another vendor, who only supplies
>a rcNG startup module.  The user now has two conflicting sets of startup
>hooks to reconcile and will be forced to get their hands dirty and translate
>one of them to the other.

This is exactly some people think that protocols and specifications
should not offer options unless they are non-exclusive and support
for them is mandatory.

>IMHO, make a clean break and get it over and done with.  Get everybody on
>the same page.  Making the clean break also means that we will find anything
>that has been missed (eg: /etc/netstart as referenced later in this thread)
>sooner rather than later.

Agreed.

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