rc.local equivalent

[Doug Barton]

Morgan Reed wrote:
> On 7/12/07, Brian <bri at sonicboom.org> wrote:
>> man rc.local on a freebsd 7 box says
> 
> Same for 6.2-STABLE.
> 
>> So, rc.local, though not current is still supported.
> 
> Yes, effectively deprecated 

No, not deprecated at all. That term has a specific meaning in the
FreeBSD community, and your use of it here is very far away from it.
There is a big difference between the current status, "rc.local is
still supported, however you will probably get better results using
local rc.d scripts;" and "This is going away, so stop using it." The
latter would be "deprecated" in FreeBSD terminology, the former is
"supported" in anyone's book.

I'm harping on this a bit because I'm tired of hearing people say that
rc.local is deprecated. It leads to unnecessary stress on the part of
people who are reasonably relying on this mechanism.

Doug

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