Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 01:47:53PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> There is a big difference between the current status, "rc.local is
>> still supported, however you will probably get better results using
>> local rc.d scripts;" and "This is going away, so stop using it."
>
> Th
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 01:47:53PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> There is a big difference between the current status, "rc.local is
> still supported, however you will probably get better results using
> local rc.d scripts;" and "This is going away, so stop using it."
The text from rc(8):
The rc.
Morgan Reed wrote:
> On 7/12/07, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> man rc.local on a freebsd 7 box says
>
> Same for 6.2-STABLE.
>
>> So, rc.local, though not current is still supported.
>
> Yes, effectively deprecated
No, not deprecated at all. That term has a specific meaning in the
FreeBS
On 7/12/07, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
man rc.local on a freebsd 7 box says
Same for 6.2-STABLE.
So, rc.local, though not current is still supported.
Yes, effectively deprecated (although the mechanism may not be removed
for a significant time, if at all).
I'm going to write an rc.d
Doug Barton wrote:
Morgan Reed wrote:
Given that rc.local is now deprecated,
Where did you get that idea?
man rc.local on a freebsd 7 box says
The rc utility is the command script which controls the automatic boot
process after being called by init(8). The rc.local scrip
Morgan Reed wrote:
> Given that rc.local is now deprecated,
Where did you get that idea?
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Morgan Reed wrote:
> I'm working on a small footprint semi-embedded system, I need a means
> to load and save parts of /var (which is a memory-backed filesystem)
> at boot and shutdown.
>
> Given that rc.local is now deprecated, what is the "correct" way to
> perform extra startup/shutdown process
