cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d early.sh

Dmitry Morozovsky marck at rinet.ru
Tue Oct 9 13:58:00 PDT 2007


On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Doug Barton wrote:

DB> dougb       2007-10-09 07:30:14 UTC
DB> 
DB>   FreeBSD src repository
DB> 
DB>   Modified files:
DB>     etc/rc.d             early.sh 
DB>   Log:
DB>   Deprecate use of the early.sh script as advertised when the support for
DB>   local rc.d scripts in the overall boot order was added.
DB>   
DB>   Proper rc.d scripts are run by rc.subr in a subshell, whereas scripts that
DB>   end in .sh are sourced into rc's shell. The latter has potential to create
DB>   serious boot problems, and there is no reason that the same functionality
DB>   cannot be added by the user in the form of a proper rc.d script (as
DB>   opposed to being added by the user in the form of /etc/rc.early).
DB>   
DB>   This script will be removed prior to the 8.0 branch.

I suppose at least gmirror.8 should be fixed then.

Quick grepping does not reveal other files directly involved, but I may miss 
something.

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
[ FreeBSD committer:				     marck at FreeBSD.org ]
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