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Authored by 0mp on Oct 4 2024, 12:29 PM.
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Summary

rcorder(8) requires the rcorder block to be an uninterrupted sequence of
REQUIRE, PROVIDE, BEFORE, and KEYWORD lines. Having a comment in between
REQUIRE and KEYWORD makes rcorder stop parsing the block when it reaches
the comment. Fix that by moving the comment out from the rcorder block.

MFC after: 3 days

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After the patch is applied, rcorder will report sendmail as having the shutdown keyword:

rcorder -k shutdown /etc/rc.d/* | grep sendmail

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0mp requested review of this revision.Oct 4 2024, 12:29 PM
0mp added reviewers: bnovkov, christos, markj.
0mp added a project: rc.

This seems fine to me. Looks like it's been broken for a rather long time.

What exactly is the effect? Does sendmail actually need the shutdown keyword?

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Oct 9 2024, 3:20 PM

What exactly is the effect? Does sendmail actually need the shutdown keyword?

Yes, to ensure a clean shutdown of active SMTP connections (and writing any in memory queue files).

What exactly is the effect? Does sendmail actually need the shutdown keyword?

Yes, to ensure a clean shutdown of active SMTP connections (and writing any in memory queue files).

Great info! Thanks!