On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 02:43:14PM -0500, maximum entropy wrote:
> 
> ``smart-program-to-rebuild-configuration'' would read all the
> "require" and "provide" information from the scripts in /etc/rc.d, and
> produce the startup script that would call all of them in the correct
> order.  The decision-making process would be fast -- either the
> configuration has changed or it hasn't.

Just to be complete (cause I like this method also)

What is the failure mode when two scripts REQUIRE each other?

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