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Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit

From Mike Small <smallm@panix.com>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit
Date 2026-07-23 13:27 -0400
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> writes:
...
> IIRC, at one time BSD had just 1 large rc.  Then the NetBSD
> people came up with the current BSD init using rc.conf.  The
> other BSDs adapted and in some cases updated it for their own
> use.
>
> I admit my memory could be "suspect", but I remember seeing a
> NetBSD pdf describing the move to the current rc setup.
> I never saved it :(

This is probably the document you mean:
http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf

It's linked from the Additional Reading section of chapter 7 of NetBSD's
handbook, the chapter on rc.d:

https://netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-rc.html

Regards,
Mike Sm.

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SysVinit vs BSDinit Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-07-09 15:56 +0200
  Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2026-07-09 14:25 +0000
    Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2026-07-09 14:27 +0000
  Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-07-09 15:16 +0000
    Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2026-07-09 15:46 +0000
      Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-07-10 07:01 +0200
    Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-07-10 13:16 -0400
      Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-07-11 01:22 +0000
        Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-07-11 07:26 +0200
  Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-07-11 15:16 +0000
    Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Mike Small <smallm@panix.com> - 2026-07-23 13:27 -0400
      Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-07-23 23:36 +0000
  Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com> - 2026-08-06 18:45 -0400
    Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-08-07 07:16 +0200
      Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2026-08-10 05:43 +0000
        Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-10 22:14 +0000
        Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Mike Small <smallm@panix.com> - 2026-08-15 00:15 -0400
          Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2026-08-16 11:06 +0000

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