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   feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 05:48:37 JST feld

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   go poke at /etc/rc :)
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     R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: (rl_dane@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 05:48:38 JST R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

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     @benjaminhollon @sotolf @joel

     Oh, modify #FreeBSD's init? Drawing on my extensive, lemme see, four days or so experience with the OS?

     LEEEEEEROY JENKIIIIIIIIIIINNNS!!!

     Some day. ;)

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     Benjamin Hollon (benjaminhollon@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 05:48:39 JST Benjamin Hollon

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     @RL_Dane @sotolf @joel
     DO IT

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     R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: (rl_dane@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 05:48:40 JST R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

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     @sotolf @benjaminhollon @joel

     ...

     The init script could collect all output into a variable and add the return code of all commands to another variable. At the end of the script, if the return code sum is zero, just print [OK], otherwise print all of the output of the commands within the init script.

     Now I kinda want to do that for #FreeBSD, lol

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     R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: (rl_dane@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 05:48:41 JST R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

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     @sotolf @benjaminhollon @joel

     I've had it both ways. I remember when you didn't have a graphical splash screen or even an itemized service list as they start -- the init scripts just blurted whatever they wanted.
     RedHat (not RHEL) 6.2 or 7 was the first linux distro I saw that gave you a neat and tidy "Starting sendmail... [OK]" type itemized init output.

     Come to think of it, a simple pass/fail output would be preferable, or even a pass-or-detailed-failure-message system.

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     Benjamin Hollon (benjaminhollon@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 05:48:42 JST Benjamin Hollon

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     @sotolf @RL_Dane @joel
     Well then, I'll have to give it a chance, too. :)

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     Benjamin Hollon (benjaminhollon@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 05:48:42 JST Benjamin Hollon

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     @RL_Dane @sotolf @joel
     Alright, I finished reading. :)

     Some interesting things here. Personally, I actually prefer the verbose output to the splash screen, since it's easy to see that things are happening.

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     Sotolf (sotolf@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 05:48:42 JST Sotolf

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     @benjaminhollon @RL_Dane @joel

     Yeah, I do to, for my boot I just have stuff scrolling through, no plymouth (surprise :p) or anything, just the basic linux startup lines :)

     I like having it there, but others might like something a bit more.. eh.. aesthetically pleasing :p

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     Sotolf (sotolf@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 05:48:44 JST Sotolf

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     @RL_Dane @benjaminhollon @joel

     Even though I have no experience with BSD it was a fun read :)

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     R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: (rl_dane@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 05:48:45 JST R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

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     Also tagging my "Chorus," 'cause I'm needy like that (lol not really, yet here you are!)

     @benjaminhollon
     @sotolf
     @joel

     @allthecoolcats@everywhere.example.com ;)

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     R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: (rl_dane@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 05:48:46 JST R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

     As promised, a blog post on making the #FreeBSD boot-up process a lot more visually quiet/peaceful:

     https://rldane.space/fun-with-freebsd.html

     #blog
     #100DaysToOffload
     #rldanewriting