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Re: pkgsrc RC scripts
On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 08:46:20 -0500 (CDT)
"Jeremy C. Reed" <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost> wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Oct 2009, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>
> > (2) Provide a default value of NO for the control variables. This
> > ensures that no stupid "Missing variable $foo" clutters up the boot
> > messages.
>
> Am I the only one that appreciates these messages? It seems like a
> simple reminder that I have a rc.d script that I should consider
> looking at.
>
I agree. If I mistype the variable name for package foobar:
FOOVAR=YES
it will silently fail to start.
Does it check now to see if it's "YES" or "NO"? If not, it should.
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