on Tue, Apr 02, 2002, Osamu Aoki (debian@aokiconsulting.com) wrote: > On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 10:39:21PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > > 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. The only real issue with the answer in the FAQ is that there is a (slight) chance of a name collision down the road. Granted, if your init.d scripts are colliding, there are also probably binaries with similar names, but.... The local-<foo> policy would avoid this issue. That and set /usr/local ahead of /usr and /bin on your search path ;-). Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act: Feinstein's answer to Enron envy. http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/hollings.s2048.032102.html
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