On 10/22/14 17:02, Jim Riggs wrote: > On 16 Oct 2014, at 20:22, Hiroki Sato <h...@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> I would like your feedback and testers of the attached patch. This >> implements multiple instance support in rc.d scripts. You can try it >> by replacing /etc/rc.subr with the attached one. > > > I really like the idea, as I have written at least 2 or 3 ports in which I > have needed support for multiple "profiles" (as I have seen them called in > several ports). So, I had to duplicate the multiple-instance logic in the rc > script for each. This would save all of that aggravation. > > The only concern I have with generalizing the approach in rc.subr, though, is > that not every app/daemon/script can or should support it. I worry that some > things if run multiple times may stomp on each other or corrupt data or break > something. It seems that there should be a way for each rc script to either > opt in or opt out of multiple instance support. I don't know which is better. > Opt-in is probably safer, but then core devs and port maintainers have to > make specific changes to support it. :-\ > > Thoughts?
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