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 07:08:49 PDT 2004
Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 3:11 PM +0200 2004-08-17, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
>
>> - Why cannot /usr/local/etc/rc.d be used with rcorder if /etc/rc.d/local
>> is okay?
>
> You can't guarantee that /usr/local is on the same filesystem as
> /etc (and available early in the boot process), and while you can't
> guarantee that /etc/rc.d/local is also on the same filesytem, it's a lot
> easier for some people to guarantee.
>
> Moreover, many sites may mount /usr read-only, or /usr/local non-suid.
So? How does this prevent rc scripts being used from /usr or /usr/local?
--
Andre
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