Re: RFC: OpenRC as Init System for Debian

[Patrick Lauer <patrick@gentoo.org>]

On 05/09/12 21:37, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> ]] Philipp Kern 
>
>> You will not, however, get a conffile update prompt when the system
>> file changes (e.g. to update your own local copy to incorporate the
>> fix).
> This is something I'm pondering if we should handle in either a systemd
> trigger or a tool that packages shipping systemd files can call to tell
> the user about any changes.  (Basically a wrapper around ucf, probably.)
>
Why this arbitrary limit to only one application?

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=3&chap=4

Something along those lines makes life a lot easier and avoids these
schizophrenic hacks around package managers that don't respect files -
but it needs support in the package manager to work reliably.

Have a nice day,

Patrick