Subject: Re: /etc/rc.d stuff
To: Jones, Carrie (Bowen) <carrie.jones@anchorgaming.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/15/2000 22:11:34
On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 09:11:49AM -0700, Jones, Carrie (Bowen) wrote:
> 2. The trend seems to be taking NetBSD closer and closer to a System 5ish
> sort of run level thingie. (Sorry for the modifiers, but I'm not technically
> proficient enough to point out where in the code I'm getting this feeling.)
> I realize that Linux is having a huge influence on the community, but I feel
> that "giving into" the linux communities demand for systems to be more like
> Linux is somehow wrong. I also work on a regular basis with a few of the
> system 5 flavors and believe me, we don't want to go there.

Actually going to a rc.d startup model doesn't imply runlevels (and
vice-versa). rc.d can be really handy if done well.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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