On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 06:54:40PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > I actually do think its that much better. However, it is pretty > trivial to simulate System V stuff with a shell script that calls the > various rc?.d scripts. What isn't trivial to simulate for real is > actual run levels, but the scripts are trivial. > > This may, of course, simply be a place where NetBSD and Debian should > agree to disagree. > > Though I doubt we'd be able to convince core Debian to pick up our > init and rc system, I'd recommend having a look at the way that it > works. We designed it based on having used all the other systems and > deciding they weren't what we needed. Like the System V rc system, > there is a separate script for each facility, but unlike System V, > there is no arbitrary numbering to handle the ordering. > > The Debian policy manual, I'll note, doesn't tell you how to number > your scripts. You have no way to know, really, what number corresponds > to "disks mounted" or "named running" or whatever. Is that S28 or S72 > that you want? What happens when new packages get installed? Does it > change the ordering you want? The way you figure out what a given init > script should be named is purely by lore and what is in the system > already. > > In our system, you *do* have a natural way to specify "this program > should be executed after the network is up but before users can log > in", or "this daemon depends on named" or what have you, and it is > easy to read, too. If you want to make sure that sshd can only start > after the point where user logins are permitted (reasonable, eh?) you > do > > # PROVIDE: sshd > # REQUIRE: LOGIN > > in /etc/rc.d/sshd. > I think we have a teacher here. Perry sounds like he might out-Debian us with good sensible stuff. No judgement yet, but I will spend some time on my netBSD box to see if I can grok what he is talking about. The dependency bit sounds as reasonable as moving from static /dev to devfs.
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