Re: sysvinit: rc vs. r2d2 bahavior
>Roland Rosenfeld wrote:
>> I had a deep look into the rc scripts from sysvinit and file-rc as
>> well as the r2d2 script by Winfried Trümper.
>>
>> Instead of this here's what r2d2 does:
>>
>> 1. Run all K??-scripts in new runlevel, which are not K??-scripts in
>> the prevlevel. Do this in _descending_ order of the scripts
>> (stop first, what is started last). Use "stop" as parameter.
>> 2. Run all S??-scripts in new runlevel, which are not S??-scripts in
>> the prevlevel. Do this in _ascending_ order of the scripts. Use
>> "start" as parameter.
Oh this will break existing setups _horribly_.
>> So my question is the following: Why do we keep this non intuitive
>> behavior of sysvinit and file-rc instead of intuitive behavior of
>> r2d2?
Because it will break your system?
Really I've explained the backgrounds of the init system a few times here
and a few times in private email. I'm not going to do it again unless
someone puts it in a FAQ somewhere.
Mike.
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