https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=284892
Bug ID: 284892
Summary: rc(8) is not clear that /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ files are
not run until after $early_late_divider
Product: Documentation
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Some People
Priority: ---
Component: Manual Pages
Assignee: b...@freebsd.org
Reporter: jeff+free...@wagsky.com
CC: d...@freebsd.org
The man page leads off with
Typically, the
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/ mechanism is used instead of rc.local these days
but if you want to use rc.local, it is still supported. In this case,
it should source /etc/rc.conf and contain additional custom startup
code for your system. The best way to handle rc.local, however, is to
separate it out into rc.d/ style scripts and place them under
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/.
While this is functional for scripts that run after FILESYSTEMS
($early_late_divider), it does not work for scripts that need to run earlier.
`rcorder /etc/rc.d/* /usr/local/etc/rc.d/my_script` shows the expected order,
based on the BEFORE and REQUIRED statements. However, the reality is that it
will not be run until after FILESYSTEMS.
>From /etc/rc
# Do a first pass to get everything up to $early_late_divider so that
# we can do a second pass that includes $local_startup directories
#
unset system_rc
find_system_scripts
files=`rcorder ${skip} ${skip_firstboot} ${system_rc} 2>/dev/null`
_rc_elem_done=' '
for _rc_elem in ${files}; do
run_rc_script ${_rc_elem} ${_boot}
_rc_elem_done="${_rc_elem_done}${_rc_elem} "
case "$_rc_elem" in
*/${early_late_divider}) break ;;
esac
done
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