Just in general, i would like to see init.d scripts STAY simple. The way it is i can look at one files, (hopefully) soon two and that is it. The two is ok because the second one is just some variables. The defaults will probably be mentioned in the init.d, and i probably remember the ones i've changed. I really dont wanna have to start looking through a dozen files just to see how my init script gets run. On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 10:40:57AM +0200, Andreas Fuchs wrote: > > On 2000-07-03, Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> wrote: > > 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... > > Hm. What if functions themselves could be customizeable? I know that > redhat's scheme is quite complicated, and I wouldn't recommend debian > to do it the same way. But think emacs's hooks: What if the user could > specify a function (start_hook?) that should be run before the script > checks for start/stop/restart cmdline options or a function that is to > be run after the daemon starts (daemon_started_hook?) etc? > > If these things could be moved to a seperate file, you could reduce > the times users have to edit the init.d script by hand even more, thus > saving them even more hassle with customized init.d scripts. > > > 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. > > As must the seperate file itself. What if the maintainer chooses to > introduce some new variables? Maybe debconf could solve this, though I > don't know how. > > Anyway, it _is_ a great idea. > > regards, > -- > Andreas Stefan Fuchs in Real Life aka > asf@acm.org, asfuchs@gmx.at, asf@ycom.at in NNTP and SMTP, > antifuchs in IRCNet and > Relf Herbstfresser, Male 1/2 Elf Priest in AD&D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Erik Bernhardson journey@jps.net -- It is better to remain silent and be considered a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -- Abraham Lincoln
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