[openbeos] Re: Init scripts
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 17:20:04 +0200 (MEST)
I don't think it's really useful for now to turn those bootscripts into a
HPS (huge pile of shit) :)
The current ones, even if they are quite limited, work as expected.
BeOS isn't designed to work in text mode anyway (even if have some
interesting code already...)
En réponse à Achim Schneider <batchall@xxxxxxxxx>:
> My interest just shifted back to BeOS/OBOS/whatever, and I'd like to get
> involved...
>
> However, I don't think that my C or C++ is good enough yet to do
> important things, so I'd like to do something not crucial, and in a
> Language that I know well enough...
>
> AFAIR (I don't have an BeOS Installation right now, just have to find
> the CD) the Init System of BeOS was/is rather crappy, so it would be at
> least a good thing to have a better one.
>
> I'm thinking about something nearly, but not entirely like the Gentoo
> <www.gentoo.org> Init scripts, for those those not familiar with these,
> they are basicly SysV-scripts on steroids, for those who want to be
> really enlightened, visit <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/rc-scripts.html>.
>
> I'd like to see some additional features in it like detection of dead
> servers, scheduling, stdout logging and doing the init
> graphic+text-based, depending on the init stage etc... (suggestions are
> welcome)
>
>
> If nobody can convince me of the uselessness of the is idea, I'll start
> desingning tomorrow and coding next week (I'll be away over
> Whitsuntide).
>
>
> PS: Actually, my english is perfect. I just added errors to confuse
> people ;c)
>
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