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authorP. J. McDermott <pehjota>2014-04-02 19:12:33 (EDT)
committer P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net>2014-04-02 19:12:33 (EDT)
commit6b1a9ff51793761da3f34775dea23c2ea38ead17 (patch)
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parent4c794246a0c3f47664fcd1aa1f6958a071eb31b7 (diff)
dev/todo/boot-sequencing: Update.
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@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
[[!meta title="Boot Sequencing"]]
+Service scripts are now included in packages that provide system services (e.g.
+`busybox`). And symbolic links in `/etc/rc.d/` are now more flexibly organized.
+This current solution currently suffices, and all of the below can be ignored
+for now.
+
+Although, in the future it would be nice to have a more efficient initialization
+system and some kind of process management.
+
+**The rest of this page is kept only for reference and historical purposes.**
+
+---
+
Currently, service init scripts are provided by the monolithic `initscripts`
binary package. These init scripts are executed in the lexicographic order of
the symbolic links matching `/etc/rc.d/S*` that target them. The names of these
@@ -41,8 +53,6 @@ portable and will be supported by all default installations of the OS.)
Additionally, we need to decide how completely we'll conform, if at all, with
the LSB in this area.
-Hopefully, this can get done by November 2012.
-
[bf-build]: http://git.os.pehjota.net/pkg/basefiles.git/tree/build?id=0ae24516#n43
[rcorder-doc]: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-rc.html#chap-rc-rcorder