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author | mtm <mtm@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-06-09 09:07:58 +0000 |
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committer | mtm <mtm@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-06-09 09:07:58 +0000 |
commit | 98ec5e76a88638596bb55271c5e91a26f266703d (patch) | |
tree | e44e15226eb12d6abd9aa1257b0087d09cde5b94 /sbin | |
parent | ddedce6cba4853ca9bad0a4c6bdedcc7b504a9eb (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-98ec5e76a88638596bb55271c5e91a26f266703d.zip FreeBSD-src-98ec5e76a88638596bb55271c5e91a26f266703d.tar.gz |
Document the misleading nature of the REQUIRE line. The patch in
the PR has been heavily edited for style(9) and clarity. Mistakes are
mine.
PR: bin/124251
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/rcorder/rcorder.8 | 21 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/rcorder/rcorder.8 b/sbin/rcorder/rcorder.8 index 6a0c570..82330c3 100644 --- a/sbin/rcorder/rcorder.8 +++ b/sbin/rcorder/rcorder.8 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 17, 2000 +.Dd June 9, 2008 .Dt RCORDER 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -152,6 +152,25 @@ processing the stated condition. A set of files has a circular dependency which was detected while processing the stated file. .El +.Sh BUGS +The +.Dq Li REQUIRE +keyword is misleading: +It doesn't describe which daemons have to be running before a script +will be started. +It describes which scripts must be placed before it in +the dependency ordering. +For example, +if your script has a +.Dq Li REQUIRE +on +.Dq Li named , +it means the script must be placed after the +.Dq Li named +script in the dependency ordering, +not necessarily that it requires +.Xr named 8 +to be started or enabled. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr rc 8 .Sh HISTORY |