Ports startup scripts in /etc/rc.d (Re: 5.2-BETA and related
ports issues)
Matthias Andree
ma at dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de
Mon Dec 1 14:28:20 PST 2003
Robert Watson <rwatson at freebsd.org> writes:
> (1) Combine / and /usr into a single file system by default, and add
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d to the search order, with appropriate hacks to
> handle old-style scripts. The devil will be in the bikeshed, but the
> implementation is easy, except for the bit where we explain that
> NFS-mounted /usr/local won't work too well.
I'd discourage that. It's fairly intrusive and breaks existing
setups. I'm NOT going to repartition and reinstall!
> (2) Reevaluate the order at routine points in the boot where new scripts
> might now be available (due to file system mounts or whatever).
> Essentially "insert the new cards into the deck, and shuffle". This
> requires rethinking of our current approach, which assumes a static
> order is created once at the start of the boot by rcorder(8). The
> devil will be in the big picture *and* the details of the
> implementation.
I don't think there shall be devils in the implementation details. I
admit not having looked at rcorder yet, but dependencies can be passed
on from one rcorder run to the next, through the usual process
environment.
> (3) Add /local/etc/rc.d or /local/rc.d or /etc/local/rc.d or the like, a
> new directory that third party applications are allowed to modify
> during install, and that will be present for the creation of the
> static ordering by rcorder(8) early in the boot. The devil will be in
> the bikeshed, but the implementation is easy.
/etc/local/rc.d might work, it's quite similar to the /etc/opt approach
"configuration stuff for /opt applications" on Linux.
> I'm actually leaning towards (2) as being the best solution, as it's easy
> and functional.
Seconded from the user's view.
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