On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 03:21:02PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 03:06:26PM +0000, Mike Makonnen wrote:
> > mtm         2008-01-25 15:06:26 UTC
> > 
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     etc                  rc.subr 
> >   Log:
> >   If the rc.conf(5) variable for a script is not enabled do not fail
> >   silently. Display a message that the command wasn't run and make
> >   possible suggestions for what to do.
> 
> Any chance that we could make this behaviour dependent on some other
> variable (or not do it)?  It's going to make booting look pretty nasty.

The other option I'd considered was to create a quiet precmd that works like
force and use quietstart/quitestop for boot.  I've become convinced this is the
right interactive behavior.

-- Brooks

> Ceri
> 
> > | @@ -606,6 +606,9 @@ run_rc_command()
> > |                                   #
> > |   if [ -n "${rcvar}" -a "$rc_arg" != "rcvar" ]; then
> > |           if ! checkyesno ${rcvar}; then
> > | +                 echo -n "Cannot '${rc_arg}' $name. Set ${rcvar} to "
> > | +                 echo -n "YES in /etc/rc.conf or use 'one${rc_arg}' "
> > | +                 echo "instead of '${rc_arg}'."
> > |                   return 0
> > |           fi
> > |   fi
> 
> -- 
> That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
>                                                   -- Moliere


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