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Re: compiled examples and more



On Sun, Oct 10, 1999 at 09:41:01PM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 10, 1999 at 11:18:10PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > > For clarification, we did agree that rc.boot should remain for local
> > > sysadmin use did we not?
> > 
> > I don't remember, but /etc/init.d/rcS still checks for /etc/rc.boot
> > for compatibility.  It's just deprecated (see rc.boot(5)).
> > 
> > The question of local rc.? directories is still an active topic of
> > discussion.
> 
> rc.boot makes perfect sense as a simple way for local sysadmins to add
> things to be run when the machine boots.  I think no package has any
> business touching it (and none do in potato I believe..)

You may have misunderstood me; I wasn't advocating its usage by 
packages, but merely its existence as a means for local initalization.

See my original problem.

What I would like to see is rmnologin moved to 98, and a new init.d
script 'local' with priority 99, that would simply be:

#!/bin/sh
run-parts /etc/rc.local


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