Peter van Gemert wrote:
> Would there every be a reason to write a service manifest and not have it
> create a instance when you import it?
> If no, why isn't the <create_default_instance enabled='false' />
> required in a manifest file?
> If yes, what could be reason to create a manifest without having it create a
> instance?
The x11-server manifest does that so it can store configuration data
without causing any processes to run, since the X server has to be
started by dtlogin or gdm, and they are not SMF delegated restarters.
(Ideally, gdm should become one someday, but I don't know if that's
going to happen.)
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
