Re: logging and silencing /etc/rc output

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 09 Sep 2009, Alan Barrett wrote:
> An updated patch is available from
> <ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/apb/rc.20090909.diff>.  As
> before, patched copies of rc and rc.subr are also available,
> from <ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/apb/rc> and
> <ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/apb/rc.subr>.

To test this without building a new kernel, you will need the new
versions of /etc/rc, /etc/rc.subr, and the following two lines in
rc.conf:

        rc_silent-true
        rc_silent_cmd=twiddle

Your next boot should then run /etc/rc in twiddle mode, and
/var/run/rc.log should be created.

--apb (Alan Barrett)