> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:29:52 +0300
> From: Mike Makonnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Mike Makonnen wrote:
> > Author: mtm
> > Date: Mon Jun 23 05:09:09 2008
> > New Revision: 179946
> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/179946
> > 
> > Log:
> >   Move the diagnostic output when the rc.subr(8) glue automatically starts a
> >   service behind $rc_quiet. Instead, output a warning if the pre-command
> >   routine or the command itself failed. Arguably, it's more useful to know 
> > when
> >   a command failed to start than it is to have an endless list of
> >   "Starting ...." lines[1].
> >   
> >   [1] - This change actually helped me to discover a bug in 
> > rc.d/{lockd,statd}
> >         (fixed in r179941) that used to fail silently before.
> > 
> > Modified:
> >   head/etc/rc.subr
> > 
> 
> This ends the bulk of the commits to reduce console-spamming by rc.d 
> during bootup. It should greatly improve the signal-to-noise ratio on 
> your console :-). I've been running these changes for a while without 
> problems, but if I've missed something or you think a script should be 
> more (or less) verbose, please let me know.

Thanks, Mike! This will help a lot.

If I missed it, I apologize, but are there plans to MFC these changes to
RELENG_7 or RELENG6? 
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