Startupitems don't work as advertised

[James Berry]

Hi Mark,

On Jun 1, 2007, at 12:14 PM, markd at macports.org wrote:

> It has come to my attention that startupitems are not disabled by  
> default.
>  Yet they were intended to be as shown by the message:
>
>
> ###########################################################
> # A startup item has been generated that will aid in
> # starting XXXX with launchd. It is disabled
> # by default. Execute the following command to start it,
> # and to cause it to launch at startup:
> #
> # sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/ 
> org.macports.XXXX.plist
> ###########################################################
>
>
> Yet startupitems have this by default:
>
> <key>Disabled</key><false/>
>
> Can anyone shed light on this behavior?

Hmm. A discrepancy between the documentation and the code.

Which way should we change it?

  (a) Change the emitted text to say that startup item will be  
started at reboot or if the load command is given,

or (b) Default the key to true, and leave the emitted text as it is.

Personally, I think (b) is better.

Your thoughts?

James