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Re: StartupItem & Mac OS X 10.4 & later




On Oct 10, 2006, at 7:04 PM, Dave Zarzycki wrote:


On Oct 10, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Stephane Sudre wrote:

[...]
- there is no dependency mechanism such as "only start when network is initialized".

The problem is that the network is never done initializing on a modern operating system. It can and will change at runtime. If you fix your daemon to deal with that, then the so-called "dependancy" evaporates.


We have found this to be true of all dependencies. They're just declarations of assumptions about how the world won't change on them. Once you fix software to deal with reality, then the need for "dependencies" goes away.

Actually, my main dependencies are:

- System Configuration is available

- KPI Kernel Extensions can attach IP, Socket, Interface Filters.

Maybe these are already available when launchd runs.




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