Patch for named rc.d script to allow multiple instances

[George Michaelson]

thanks for this doug. we need to do this, this is hugely useful to us.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Doug Barton <dougb at dougbarton.us> wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> I'm currently working on a project that requires multiple instances of
> named to run on the same server. So I took some time to modify the rc.d
> script to support that robustly.
>
> The original concept for rc.d was that it should be easy to run multiple
> instances of the same service, using a mechanism similar to the one here.
> However that original mechanism was not ever/widely used. As a result some
> of the code was removed, some of it rotted, etc. It's still *relatively*
> easy to do, and hopefully the notes included in the patch explain the
> process sufficiently.
>
> FWIW, I don't care if the patch is incorporated anywhere or not. But since
> the work is already done I thought I'd share it in case it's useful to
> someone.
>
> best regards,
>
> Doug
>