Re: CVS commit: wip/isc-dhcpd/files

[Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>]

Am 03.03.2005 um 8:04 Uhr -0800 schrieb Jeremy C. Reed:
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Hauke Fath wrote:
> >  Modified Files:
> >         wip/isc-dhcpd/files: isc_dhclient.sh isc_dhcpd.sh
> >
> >  Log Message:
> >  Make sure we use a proper shell to run the scripts.
> >  Add minimal functionality on OSes without /etc/rc.subr.
> >  -- works on Solaris now.
>
> Thank you for working on this package. Do you have any comments from the
> TODO? (I may commit soon to regular pkgsrc.)

Well, the VARBASE issue for the rc.d scripts seems done. I can't 
comment on the library / headers issues.

> Also, your rc.d script improvement may need to be improved to only do that
> on a "start". And maybe should offer a stop option.

That's why I called it 'minimal'. It has already started to hurt.  ;)

I shall add the stop functionality.

> Nevertheless, I think it gets to be messy having many packages that that
> rcd scripts start providing their start/stop in addition to our normal
> rc.subr way.
>
> Also, it was discussed before to have a variable point to /etc/rc.subr but
> I don't think it was implemented yet. (Something like
> RCD_RC_SUBR=${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}/rc.subr.) But that would be good.

Yep. Once you use a base system and add all the bells and whizzles 
from pkgsrc, that is a sane thing to do. But don't forget to make the 
scripts dir (/etc/rc.d) a variable - I've just learned that the hard 
way on Solaris.

        hauke

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