Re: I like my rc.d boot messages :(

On Thursday 24 July 2008 16:30:33 Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> JoaoBR wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >>>>I'd go further: it was nice when startup scripts printed their name
> >>>>(no newline) and then '.\n' when they were finished.  It then becomes
> >>>>unambiguous who is at fault.  It's hard to tell with the current
> >>>>non-system which of the 2 scrpts (the one that has printed it's name,
> >>>>or the one that next prints it's name) is at fault.  Worse.. it could
> >>>>be the quiet script in between.
> >>>
> >>>Agreed, but you could delineate it with something other than '\n" too.
> >>>Like '[amd] [smtp] [dhcpd] ...', with the ']' meaning the script is
> >>>done and has moved on to the next service.
> >>
> >>I like that. [ means processing has started, name is the service/script
> >>runnging, ] means processing of that script has completed.  All the info
> >>you need for multiple services, all on one line.
> >
> > simply another wiered outcome - not understandable btw same as this
> > mystical dot thing
> >
> > something more obvious would be:
> >
> > starting $service_name  ... up
> > starting $service_name  ... up
> > ...
> >
> > that would be something clear, specially for whom did not invented it
>
> It seems too verbose. (does anybody expect "stoping" service on system
> boot?) And each service on separate line seems to me like vaste of space.
> Line like "[ssh] [smtp] [dhcpd] [mysql]" is enough for me.
> It is easy to document it in handbook and man pages.
>
> Just my 0.02
>

well, the obvious often is'nt :) 
 for me it would be something like:

 starting $service_name  ... up
 starting $service_name  ... failed
 starting $service_name  ... up

what waste of space? running lines not buffered but in dmesg.* 
anyway the waste of space is it worse as price for clearness

and as I said before what is clear for the inventor or for you and me is one 
thing but when you're supporting a remote server which is not coming up and 
a "not-knowing-the-secret" person eventual in another language (not english 
speaking) needs to say it ... well, then my friend, when this happens to you 
then you will remember this thread and will bite your ass for not having 
agreed ... :)




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João







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