Re: Rationale for /etc/init.d/* being conffiles?
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On Sat, 20 Dec 1997, Scott K. Ellis wrote:
> > The policy does not explain why they should *all* be conffiles.
>
> I can think of a reason to modify almost any /etc/init.d/* script, on the
> grounds that they effect the startup behavior of the system.
/sbin/init does also effect the startup behavior of the system and does
not mean it have to be a conffile.
> The object here is to make things consistant.
There are several ways to be consistent. One of them is making all init.d
script conffiles even when they do not need to be. Another of them
is make conffiles the scripts that need to be conffiles and not make them
when they do not need it. I don't see the first way is more consistent
than the second way.
> Why are you so opposed to them being conffiles anyway,
I am NOT opposed to them being conffiles. I am opposed to them being
conffiles without a rationale.
> it doesn't make any difference to someone who never changes them.
Let's make a conffile every script in /usr/bin, then.
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