Re: file-rc? was: Re: All services that require a restart from libc6 upgrade...
On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 01:21:06PM -0700, ferret@phonewave.net wrote:
> >
> > > we haven't a script to find out whether a daemon is running yet, but
> > > we should introduce one and fixate this in the policy).
> >
> > Yes, this would seem to be the only sane approach. (Other than
> > discarding file-rc and shooting Roland to put him out of his
> > misery.:-)
>
> This is fodder for another thread, anyway. Historical reasons aside, is
> there a Good Enough valid technical reason to discard file-rc?
Discarding file-rc won't even help, as the Hurd will have its own init
scheme as well, and we need to strengthen the update-inet.d abstraction, not
weaken it, for compatibility. Diversion is good :)
thanks,
Marcus
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