[ale] compiled system calls versus shell scripts

[jasonday at worldnet.att.net (Jason Day)]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 01:31:35PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> pseudo code for example:
> 
> start eth0
> 
> start samba &
> sambapid=$!
> 
> start nfs &
> nfspid=$!
> 
> (wait $sambapid ; mount /win95) &
> 
> (wait $nfspid; mount /nfsshare) &

Maintaining that would be a real chore though.  If you want to add a
service, not only do you have to find its dependencies, but you have to
find the right place in the script to put its invocation.  Removing a
service would be even worse, because you would have to update the
invocations of every service that depends on it.

If you use the Makefile method, then you only have to update the
Makefile.  The startup scripts themselves don't have to change.

And besides, booting with make is just cool :)
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