[ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. ] Winfried Truemper: > There are other examples (like "/etc/passwd") which show that it can work > to rely on one single file. I've known /etc/passwd to get mangled by programs as well... > Could you give a summary of traps in which the /usr/info/dir file failed? An error in the program that updates things, or in the file that it edits. Both of these _will_ happen. A solution that installs a file (named after the package) in a dedicated directory is much more difficult to get wrong. /etc/rc*.d is awkward to edit, and a tool for doing so would be a better idea than replacing the current system with something less robust. Red Hat has such a tool, I hear. Perhaps we could borrow it? -- Please read <http://www.iki.fi/liw/mail-to-lasu.html> before mailing me. Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list.
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