Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:25:39 -0600
Stephen Montgomery-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Doug Barton wrote:
Add the following to /etc/rc.conf.local:
compat5x_enable=yes
And it would probably help if you watched the messages printed to
the console as the system boots.
And you should also have read the message that came when you
installed the port - you know, the one that immediately scrolled off
the top of the screen. And you should also have checked
ports/UPDATING - oops, scratch that last piece of advice.
Seriously, I consider my self lucky, not superior, that I caught this
change and didn't face the same problems as the OP.
You mean you've read those mails with [HEADS-UP] pre-pended to
subj. line ?
The only "HEADS-UP" message I saw was "Proposed patch to update
misc/compat5x to rc.d-style boot script". This message had neither a
"HEADS-UP" prepended to it, nor did the content have any explicit
meantion of compat-xx_enable="YES".
I hope you guys fix this "feature" before RELEASE-6.1, otherwise the
mailing lists are going to be full of this issue.
There's nothing to fix and yes, it's a feature (which will be probably
referenced in the release notes).
Having it referenced in the release notes is going to help.
But why not put
compat_xx_enable="YES"
in /etc/defaults/rc.conf?
Also, how about explaining this in pkg_descr as well?
I do agree with many posters that it is somewhat counterintuitive to
need to put something in /etc/rc.conf in order to get these compatxx
ports to work. (And personally don't see a reason for it - why would
anyone install these ports if they didn't intend for them to be
enabled.) I can see why those very much immersed in FreeBSD think this
is a good idea (perhaps for consistencies sake). But I also think that
the way it is now, it is going to trip up a lot of the more naive
FreeBSD users. At the very least it needs to be documented in as many
places as possible.
Stephen
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