On Wed Mar 15 00:17:44 2000, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> 
> Somehow this subject changes mailinglists into AOL bulletin boards.
> Say "me too!" if you agree.
> 
> Ok, a few things:
[..]

I fully agree and like the new rc.d system.
It took my a while to understand the new rc.subr, but I think I now
understand it.

> What are the open issues? The main one is that there should be an
> easy, well-documented way to drop in scripts for 3rd-party packages.
> Documentation is lacking, yes, but Luke said he will write it.
> Dropping in scripts currently does mean editing rc.conf, which

You never need to edit rc.conf. /etc/rc.local.conf is enough.

> isn't the easiest way. So one can either split up the config
> files or write an automated tool that deals with rc.conf. Either
> one would work for me. Then there's pkg and local scripts, but
> that just seems a matter of picking an option.

Is is possible to write rc scripts which don't need modifications
in rc.conf or rc.local.conf.

Bernd