Sean Wilcox wrote: > Same as if ServiceA -- Depends On --> ServiceB is delivered into > /var/svc/manifest/system. > > By directory order, serviceA will import before serviceB but the graph > engine will sort out the > dependency. Same here when serviceA resides in /etc and serviceB in > /var serviceA will import > before serviceB but on initialization/startup of the services the graph > will straighten that out. > > But.. what if serviceA starts before LMI runs... to pick up the one in > /var :( It will be stuck offline > until serviceB is imported in LMI, and then serviceB will start allowing > serviceA to start correct? If ServiceA starts before ServiceB is imported (for the very 1st time) SMF will have no knowledge of ServiceB and will put ServiceA in maintenance IIRC. Which is bad because requires admin intervention.
Antonello > > Antonello Cruz wrote: >> And what should happen if a new service with its manifest delivered in >> /etc/svc depends on a new service with its manifest delivered in >> /var/etc ? >> >> Antonello >> >> Nicolas Williams wrote: >>> To me that's not a connundrum. If you want your manifest imported >>> early, then deliver it into the /etc location, not the /var location. >>> >>> Nico >> >> _______________________________________________ >> smf-discuss mailing list >> smf-discuss at opensolaris.org >> >> > >
