David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost> writes: > On 5 June 2012 15:11, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> > wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 08:27:15AM -0500, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: >>> What is more user friendly -- needed rc.d scripts not installed or >>> unneeded rc.d scripts installed but disabled? >> >> Installing scripts to /etc/rc.d -- no. Installing them to /etc/rc.pkg.d >> or whatever, sure why. > > I'd prefer them in /etc/rc.d, but understand that reasoning... > > So, attempting to please everyone^Wmost^Wmore than we upset, how about: > > - RCD_SCRIPTS_DIR defaults to /etc/rc.pkg.d > - PKG_RCD_SCRIPTS defaults to on, but some platforms can override to default > off > - NetBSD changes rc rc_directories to default to rc.d,rc.pkg.d,rc.local.d That seems reasonable to me. Basically I would like the choice of whether to use pkgsrc rc.d scripts to be a single knob per system, not a package build choice. And my preference is that it should default to on. -gdt (speaking as an individual)
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