Re: It's Huntin' Season
>>"Steve" == Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> writes:
Steve> At issue here is whether a startup script really counts as a
Steve> configuration file. If a script is in /usr, we don't expect
Steve> local changes to be preserved on upgrade. I don't believe
Steve> that init scripts meet the definition of a configuration file
Steve> by any stretch of the imagination. Still, we have to face the
Steve> truth that many users will think they can edit these files
Steve> simply on the basis that they're located in /etc, a conclusion
Steve> they arrive at by reading our policy and the FHS.
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configuration file
A file that affects the operation of a program, or provides site-
or host-specific information, or otherwise customizes the
behavior of a program. Typically, configuration files are
intended to be modified by the system administrator (if needed or
desired) to conform to local policy or to provide more useful
site-specific behavior.
======================================================================
When a machine starts up, a number of processes are started,
and the behaviour of these processses, or whether they start at all
(which changes the behaviour of my machine), is governed by the start
up scripts. alsa actually loads and unloads modules from the kernel
(changing the behaviour of the kernel in a marked
fashion). bootmisc.sh is another nice place to hook things into. Or
checkfs.sh. console-screen.sh. I could go on.
If I put an exit 0 at the top of the script, I do not expect
an upgrade to change that.
manoj
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