$ cat /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit start mountkernfs start udev start swap start $local_fs ... $ cat /etc/rc.d/rc.1 stop $network ... $
This might be a nice solution, since it will be quite easy to add some lines in the right places once a script is installed, it is easy to maintain, it is clear, and it can be commented. I'll try to make a test case.
Ok, so I have converted my first attempt to a working (awk based) test case, and I have thought of a solution:
If I change the configuration file format to something like this: $ cat /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit start mountkernfs "Mounting kernel based file systems" start udev "Starting device daemon" start swap "Activating swap partitions" start $local_fs "Starting local file system facility" ... $
This would print the following output to screen (e.g. while activating swap partitions):
Mounting kernel based file systems... [ OK ] Starting device daemon... [ OK ] Activating swap partitions...
All output from the /etc/init.d/* scripts would be logged to a file or, or printed to screen if it is important enough information. It might be a nice idea to make a configuration option for this, of to have it depend on a kernel parameter like 'quiet', which I would like. I don't need to read all the kernel messages at boot time, though others might want to.
Back to an earlier problem: the init "facilities".
For example: the local file system facility might actually consist of a number of scripts from the current lfs-bootscripts package, so having a configuration file that describes the facility's scripts might solve the issue. For example:
$ cat /etc/rc.d/rc.facilities $local_fs checkfs mountfs cleanfs $time setclock $
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