Subject: Re: unable to get processes to start from /etc/rc.conf
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Mehul Sanghvi <mehul.sanghvi@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/24/2005 12:36:46
On 5/24/05, Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 May 2005, Mehul Sanghvi wrote:
>=20
> > > then you could set PKG_SYSCONFBASEDIR to /etc/pkg/rc.d in mk.conf and
> > > add it to rc_rcorder_flags in rc.conf.
> > >
> >
> > Time to re-install some packages.  :-)
>=20
> I think I missed or overlooked the context for the earlier messages.
> PKG_SYSCONFBASEDIR is used for various configurations and not just rc.d
> scripts. (And PKG_SYSCONFBASEDIR is usually derived from
> PKG_SYSCONFBASE.)
>=20
> RCD_SCRIPTS_DIR is used to choose where the rc.d scripts are installed
> when PKG_RCD_SCRIPTS is set to "YES".
>=20
> PKG_RCD_SCRIPTS can be set to "YES" in mk.conf but can also be defined in
> the shell environment for when using binary packages. (Note that
> PKG_CONFIG needs to be "YES" also, but that is the default.)
>=20
> You could set RCD_SCRIPTS_DIR to /etc/pkg/rc.d or /etc/rc.d as examples.
> (And set PKG_RCD_SCRIPTS to "YES".)
>=20
> Or you could set RCD_SCRIPTS_DIR (in your mk.conf) to
> ${PKG_SYSCONFBASEDIR}/rc.d and set PKG_SYSCONFBASE to /etc or /etc/pkg/.
>=20
>  Jeremy C. Reed
>=20
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I missed your email before sending out my query on RCD_SCRIPTS_DIR.  Thanks
to Jukka, Lubomir, and yourself for helping out.

cheers,

     mehul

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Mehul N. Sanghvi
email: mehul.sanghvi@gmail.com