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Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:29:34 UTC
The branch main has been updated by grahamperrin:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=0981275c75d5678172eb9dd8fbc89ef61c05c979
commit 0981275c75d5678172eb9dd8fbc89ef61c05c979
Author: Mina Galić <freebsd@igalic.co>
AuthorDate: 2023-06-02 18:01:03 +0000
Commit: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-06-02 18:27:37 +0000
rc(8): document how to reload rc's configuration
The fact that rc(8) only reads its configuration once is in the man
page, but how to trigger a reload is only in the code.
Discovered while trying to make cloud-init disable and stop syslogd.
Thanks to RhodiumToad for providing the words.
Reviewed by: debdrup, grahamperrin
Approved by: grahamperrin, imp
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40329
---
share/man/man8/rc.8 | 18 ++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.8
index 8b6fc094b7db..14cc83d8e32d 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/rc.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/rc.8
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" @(#)rc.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 4, 2022
+.Dd June 1, 2023
.Dt RC 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -124,10 +124,9 @@ to load various
.Xr rc.subr 8
shell functions to use.
.It
-Load the configuration files.
+Load the configuration files (see below for reloading).
.It
-Determine if booting in a jail,
-and add
+Determine if booting in a jail, and add
.Dq Li nojail
(no jails allowed) or
.Dq Li nojailvnet
@@ -371,6 +370,17 @@ the command name (see the
.Sx EXAMPLES
section).
.Pp
+The configuration files are normally read only once at the start of a boot
+sequence; if a script needs to
+.Cm enable
+or
+.Cm disable
+any other script that would run later in the sequence, it must send a
+.Dv SIGALRM
+to the rc process (identified by
+.Ev $RC_PID )
+to have it re-read the files.
+.Pp
The following key points apply to old-style scripts in
.Pa /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ :
.Bl -bullet