On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 03:54:28PM -0600, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> 
> > >      pkgsrc can be taught to stash an rc.d script somewhere safe before
> > >      overwriting it (/var/backups?).
> >
> > Ah, no, pkgsrc should install the original copy of the rc.d script under
> > $PREFIX/share/examples/$PKGBASE.
> 
> I now believe, the only reasonable way to handle this, is to make sure
> the package scripts don't conflict with anything in the base scripts.
> They should have unique names, like "pkg_named", and unique rcvars, so
> you could start, say, either "named" or "pkg_named" or both, just by
> twiddling the knobs in "/etc/rc.conf". This way we're free to install
> them into "/etc/rc.d", maybe even include them in some future base system.

This sounds reasonable at first glance.

Any services you want installed multiple times couild become part of the
package configuration. Stuff like that is going to be heavily custom
anyway.

I think pkg_named would also serve as a good reminder of exactly where
that service is coming from.

What about stuff put in /usr/local or /opt? If we create a package, I
assume you would think the same rules apply, giving us local_named and
opt_named.

If you are going to be creating your own packages anyway, then you can
also make sure things like sushi are in the loop for your system. I
guess some good examples and documentation will take care of that for
people rolling their own.

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