On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 04:36 AM, Peter Jeremy wrote:
On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 05:00:49PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: [re-ordering rc.d scripts]This is a known shortcoming in the new rc system. Luke Mewburn commented on it in a talk recently but does not yet have a satisfactory solution.
Can you describe in more detail what you mean by "this is a known shortcoming?"
The files in /etc/rc.d/ include dependency information in the form of 'BEFORE' and 'REQUIRE' entries. The default entries are appropriate for "normal" configurations but may require changes in some cases (eg Philipp's situation).
The new rc system currently has no mechanism for over-riding these defaults other then by editing the individual rc files. These changes need to be re-merged if the rc files are updated.
Luke is currently looking at options to allow administrators to alter the dependency order without requiring the rc files to be edited. Two possibilities are: 1) An option to rcorder that allows dependency information to be included on the command line. 2) Add a hack to rcorder so that given a file /etc/rc.d/foo, it will check for dependency information in /etc/rc.cnf/foo.
My initial inclination was to write a couple of pages of ideas, for improving
the rc subsystem. On second thought, I think it better not to include them
until I know the appropriate recipients and/or venue. I'm not currently a
contributor, am new to the freebsd-* lists, and do not yet know the people
and their responsibilities.
I am responding, however, because I have a number of ideas on how to
improve the rc subsystem, and am willing to contribute both time and code
if a new design grabs me.
Except for contributing minor patches to gnutar, amanda, procmail, I'm new to opensource development. I do, however, have 20 years experience with Unix development and administration, and 4 years experience with a mix of FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x, so I should not take long to ramp up.
So, whoever is responsible for this stuff, if you have room for a new person on your team, please let me know how I can get involved.
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