Subject: Re: /etc/rc.shutdown.local
To: None <tech-userlevel@NetBSD.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/17/2007 17:57:01
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 05:44:02PM +0100, tlaronde@polynum.com wrote:
> The /etc/defaults/rc.local.conf will list and document the services
> variables, the defaults for the organization.

In that case just include the default config from /etc/rc.conf first.

> If one wants to change the NetBSD system services scripts, the framework
> gives the /etc/rc.conf.d/ facility to overwrite almost everything
> without changine the /etc/rc.d/scripts themselves.
> 
> I mean simply to mimick this for third parties services say.

From the configuration perspective, there's no difference between
base rc scripts and pkgsrc rc scripts, e.g. the configuration is exactly
the same. The earlier rc patch doesn't change that.

Joerg