> Let's take another example. The REQUIREMENT line in a script cannot be
> made conditional. It requires a modification of rcorder(8) to do so.
> So, if one of NetBSD's services has a requirement that we don't have, it
> automatically means we need two separate scripts with different
> REQUIREMENT
On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 09:23, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 08:39:33AM -0800, Mike Makonnen wrote:
> > I chose to go a slightly different route than Gordon, in that I have not
> > tried to make the scripts compatible with NetBSD (His scripts include
> > conditionals for NetBSD, min
On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 09:02, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Thanks for the hard work, Mike!
>
Thanks, nice to know someone appreciates it. Every one has their own
ideas about how it _should_ be done, so I expected I'd get flamed for
not pleasing everyone. OTOH it's been less than 24 hours since I posted
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 08:39:33AM -0800, Mike Makonnen wrote:
> I chose to go a slightly different route than Gordon, in that I have not
> tried to make the scripts compatible with NetBSD (His scripts include
> conditionals for NetBSD, mine don't). These are my reasons.
The point you are missing
Thanks for the hard work, Mike!
Mike Makonnen wrote:
> - Converging startup scripts before the rest of the system is converted
> will be a nightmare because there are too many differences.
> Examples why:
> - The -w switch is deprecated in FreeBSD, and NetBSD still
> requir
I've been working from Gordon Tetlow's work on this, for the past few
weeks. I have managed to get most everyting up to network_pass3 in
/etc/rc. It's still very much in development, but it's quite usable and
I use it to boot my system on a daily basis.
I chose to go a slightly different route th