Re: [WACKO] rc configurations in xml?

[Sam Smith <S@mSmith.net>]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Joel Rees wrote:
> Been reading the archives about rc*.
>
> I'm in the middle of setting mysql 3.23 up, and right now I'm calling
> the sample mysql control script (/usr/local/share/mysql/mysql.server) from
> rc.local and thinking that's not really clean. And my knee-jerk reaction
> was to make an rc.local.d or something, and copy the mysql.server sample
> into there (and probably customize it a bit). And then call that script
> from rc.local.
>
> I get the impression that the primary argument against using a
> subdirectory such as rc.d to put collect all is that openbsd is not
> intended to become a framework for washing the laundry and putting out
> the cat. (So to speak.) The number of daemons/services running should
> not grow so much that the current set of scripts become unmanageable.
> (And those who want their computers to walk the dog for them can either
> run freebsd or Mac OS X, or roll their own loop.)
>
> Anyway, this wacko idea hit me, and it's not something I'm prepared to
> do right away (i. e., this year), not even something I necessarily think
> is a good idea (boot calling an XML parser?), but I thought I'd sound
> the bottom.
>
> Would there be any particular interest or antipathy towards defining an
> XML (or similar) tagged syntax for the rc scripts? Is the idea a good
> one for the back burner, or better for the trash pile?

    http://people.freebsd.org/~nik/xml-servers/

That isn't what you're talking about; but is infinitely more sensible.




Sam

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