Subject: Re: starting packages
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: James Whitwell <abacau@yahoo.com.au>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/17/2003 21:10:29
Thanks. Will it work if I symlink it? That way if I update the
package, I figure I won't have to remember to copy the rc.d script.
On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 04:05 PM, Michael G. Schabert
wrote:
> At 3:44 PM +1000 9/17/03, James Whitwell wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've installed the dovecot package. What's the recommended way to
>> start it automatically at boot? I put dovecot=YES in /etc/rc.conf
>> (dovecot start didn't seem to work without it), but that doesn't
>> start it automatically.
>
> Hi Jimmy,
> You should copy the start script to /etc/rc.d/
>
> The rcorder utility that determines the order that rc scripts are run
> is only run once...before the system cares about /usr[/pkg] so it
> ignores the files located there.
>
> HTH
> Mike
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