Re: Daemon user

[Jason Bacon <jtocino%gmx.com@localhost>]

On 5/15/24 08:39, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Jason Bacon <jtocino%gmx.com@localhost> writes:
>
> > 21.6.14. Packages installing startup scripts
> >
> > If a package contains an rc.d script, it won’t be copied into the
> > startup directory (/etc/rc.d) by default, but you can enable copying
> > by setting the option PKG_RCD_SCRIPTS=YES in mk.conf. With
> > PKG_RCD_SCRIPTS=YES, rc.d scripts will be copied into /etc/rc.d when a
> > package is installed, but only if the target does not already
> > exist. Copies in /etc/rc.d will be automatically removed only if they
> > have not been modified. Hence, modifying scripts in /etc/rc.d will
> > prevent them from being upgraded along with the package.
> >
> > Note that this alone does not enable the service: It must still be
> > added to /etc/rc.conf.
>
> This does not belong in fixes, as it's not about creating the package.
> It's about using pkgsrc.

Reorging the guide sounds like another discussion, which I don't have 
the capacity to get involved in at the moment.  I'd actually like to 
help more with documentation someday, but I'm up to my ears in other 
projects right now.

> I would drop the "hence" sentence.  It's true, but things easily get too
> detailed.

Agreed.  I'll commit sans "hence".

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