On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 04:43:33PM -0500, Matthew Mondor wrote: | Not that I object, but I don't understand what advantages such a wrapper | would provide... A couple that I can think of: 1. "finger" memory for those that flip between NetBSD and other platforms (such as RHEL-based Linux, Debian/Ubuntu Linux, or FreeBSD). 2. Easier to start services in $rc_directories other than /etc/rc.d (so you don't have to remember the "path" to a given service). I did get a heads-up a while ago from Doug Barton about this command in FreeBSD, but I dropped the ball about chasing it up for inclusion in NetBSD. | Also, would the direct rc.d scripts invokation | eventually be deprecated/discouraged because of a services wrapper (as | is the case on Ubuntu where I get an annoying warning everytime I | invoke an init.d script directly)? Not if I have any say in the matter. Luke.
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