Re: Bug#134658: ITP: lsb -- Linux Standard Base 1.1 core support package
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Adam Lazur wrote:
> Yes, I looked at that package before making the statement. They divert
> update-rc.d and use their own hacked copy which does the translation to
> a monolithic file.
No. They divert update-rc.d and implement that *interface* to work with
whatever method of handling priorities they have.
This is not an ugly way of doing things. It works, and it is technically
sound a solution.
> update-rc.d's argument is the number which signifies the order in which
> the script should be run on bootup. That's SysV init style.
Yes. And it does not work at all for other types of initscript priority,
such as a dependency-based one. I suppose this is what you dislike.
> Maybe I'm just too clueless to figure it out, but I don't consider that
> since a script can be diverted that it should be considered generic.
update-rc.d isn't generic, but that has nothing to do with being diverted or
not...
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