RFC: Alternate patch to have true new-style rc.d scripts in
ports(without touching localpkg)
Andre Oppermann
andre at freebsd.org
Tue Aug 17 07:07:10 PDT 2004
sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
>>I think that a better way would be to find an elegant method of
>>allowing /usr/local/etc/rc.d to participate in rcorder. I've got plenty of
>>ideas about how to do this without breaking the filesystem dependency, but
>>I'll wait to see what -current and -hackers come up with. I am sure that
>>their method will be cleaner.
>
> I would much prefer to keep ports out of /etc (or out of the root file
> system in general). I agree with the point made by several others that
> the clean separation of base system and local mods is one of the great
> strengths of FreeBSD.
>
> Since /etc/rc.d/local (or similar) has been proposed:
>
> - Why cannot /usr/local/etc/rc.d be used with rcorder if /etc/rc.d/local
> is okay?
>
> - If the argument is that /usr/local is not available: Okay, but in that
> case you won't be able to start the ports anyway, since they are located
> somewhere under /usr/local.
Same opinion++
--
Andre
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