Re: Policy proposal: 'local-foo' for system-specific init.d fil
On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 10:39:21PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
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> On 01-Apr-2002 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> >> This question (where do I put local init.d scripts) comes up enough that
> >> a policy ought IMVAO be set for it.
> >
> > Hmm... well, ALL we need in policy is to define that no Debian packages
> > should ever use an initscript ID prefixed by local.
> >
> > Is there reason for more? policy is not a user's guide, after all.
> >
>
> the key is to both ensure this behaviour works in Debian (perhaps via policy)
> and have this documented clearly and conspicuously in as many places as
> possible. The question pops up every 3 weeks or so on the debian-user list.
Actually, this question is answered by FAQ which is hard to find.
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-customizing.html#s-custombootscripts
Problem with FAQ is it is old. (Potato release days contents)
Policy to prefixed scripts is nice. FAQ needs to be updated if so.
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