On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 11:35:00AM -0400, jpb wrote: > > being in the postinst, and if RUN_DAEMON is already defined in the > > /etc/rc.config.d/sendmail file its ignored, and if RUN_DAEMON isn't there > > its added. Should be a very small shell script i would think. > > I think this is a great idea. I don't see any downside, and being able > to customize machines without fiddling with the init.d scripts would be > a big plus. > > I only have half a dozen systems to maintain, but it'd still make life > easier. this sounds like the sysv equivilent of rc.conf on OpenBSD, not a bad idea, just so it stays under control... the only request i would made of this is that these config files be JUST config files, nothing in them but a couple variables. please don't go running out of control like redhat and have dozens of scripts full of functions sourcing yet other scripts with functions creating a massive ball of spaghetti... and even if the init.d script have a seperate file to configure them, the init.d script itself must remain a config file to dpkg. there are times when i simply throw away a poorly written init script and write my own, i don't want to fight dpkg when i do this. there will also inevitably be times when the configuration options will be insufficient to get the desired behaviour. de-rooting and chrooting bind comes to mind. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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