On Jun 29, 10:53am, "Simon J. Gerraty" wrote:
} 
} Oh and yes rc*.conf should die.

     I totally disagree.  I like rc.conf.  It keeps as much information
in one place as possible, which makes administration really easy and
pain free.  It's also more in tune with the BSD way of doing things.

} Did I ever mention that the _biggest_ advantage of individual rc scripts has
} nothing to do with boot/shutdown managment?  Its being able to tell the 
} night watchman at the end of the line to "type '/etc/init.d/ntpd restart'"
} or whatever, rather than explain how to run ps, kill etc etc.

     I do not consider this to be an advantage, since there is no way
that person should get anywhere near a root prompt.  If the system is
so critical that it can't wait for a qualified person to come on site,
then the company better be prepared to do whatever is needed to get
that qualified person remote access or pay for qualified people to be
on site 24x7.  Otherwise, they are just asking for trouble and are
likely to have bigger problems.

} Obviously not everyone likes everything Luke and Matt have done, but it
} is a definite step in the right direction.

     This is a matter of opinion...  For the moment, I'm reserving
judgement until I see the final results.  However, if NetBSD turns into
yet another SysV derivative, then I'm outta here.

}-- End of excerpt from "Simon J. Gerraty"