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Further document stacked runlevels #1033

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  • Documents the order they are started in.
  • Documents the limitations of before/after ordering.
  • Clarifies what rc-update -s <add|delete> acts on.

I expect man/rc-update.8: generalize beyond just services to be the most controversial, since wording is hard.

Rosie K Languet added 4 commits July 1, 2026 16:10
They do not affect the ordering between services in stacked runlevels.

Signed-off-by: Rosie K Languet <rkl@rosiesworkshop.net>
Signed-off-by: Rosie K Languet <rkl@rosiesworkshop.net>
Signed-off-by: Rosie K Languet <rkl@rosiesworkshop.net>
with the -s flag, rc-update acts on runlevels as well as services. I've
replaced over-specific references to "services" with "dependencies".

Signed-off-by: Rosie K Languet <rkl@rosiesworkshop.net>
Comment thread man/rc-update.8
.Sh NAME
.Nm rc-update
.Nd add and remove services to and from a runlevel
.Nd add and remove dependencies to and from a runlevel

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i think the word "dependency" is less clear for the base case, maybe add and remove services or runlevels, to and from the target runlevels

Comment thread man/rc-update.8
If the
.Fl a, -all
option is given, we remove the service from all runlevels. This is
option is given, we remove the service/runlevel from all runlevels. This is

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here also service or runlevel would be a bit better i think

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if no complains, i can do the changes when merging

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