Re: [gentoo-user] Runlevels, ordering initscripts and running them in background

[Joost Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org>]

On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 02:15:19 PM Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2012 09:40:26 +0100, Ignas Anikevicius wrote:
> > I want to do this, so that I do not have to wait while non-crucial
> > services are being started (e.g. fcron, bitlbee, ntpd to name a few).
> > Maybe it is possible to somehow prioritize the initscripts?
> 
> Yes it is. The initscripts themselves have such a mechanism, using the
> before and after statements, for example making sure that network
> services are started after the network is brought up. You can add your
> own rules to the daemons' config files in /etc/conf.d or to /etc/rc.conf.
> 
> To have bitlbee start after xdm either add
> 
> rc_after="xdm"
> 
> to /etc/conf.d/bitlbee or put
> 
> rc_bitlbee_after="xdm"
> 
> in /etc/rc.conf. Both have the same effect, it depends on whether you
> want to put all these settings together or in the individual services'
> config files.

Putting them in /etc/rc.conf makes it simpler to maintain the init-scripts 
when updating packages.
I used to put these things in the init-scripts and occasionally forgot about 
some of these during an update.

--
Joost