Re: [DEP9] call for testing of reconf-inetd (update-inetd replacement)
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 09:41:40AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote [edited]:
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> Putting local config into /usr/share is wrong though.
the answer to all local policy questions is: like you always did; you edit
inetd.conf.
/usr/share/reconf-inetd fragments are input to a *maintainer* tool. you can
abuse it for local policy, but then you're on your own
> Another question: How do I disable a fragment? In udev I can create a
> rule file with the same name as one in /lib/udev to disable it. [If it
> was covered I'm sorry, Fosdem talks aren't downloaded yet.]
as a local sysadmin, you don't disable a reconf-inetd fragment; you disable an
inetd.conf entry by preceding it "with exactly one hash character (`#')"
(quote from the last paragraph of Policy 11.2).
reconf-inetd will not change user-disabled inetd.conf entries. this behaviour
is documented and tested in scenaria 1-12 in [0]
once again: DEP9 does not change the way sysadmins configure inetd
cheers,
sez
ps. you won't find any such answers in my fosdem talk; the talk is more about
how to replace a tool that impacts many maintainers, most of which won't
give any feedback until you've done all the work
[0] http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/reconf-inetd.git;a=blob;f=features/no-action.feature
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