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Re: Is /etc/rc.boot/ obsolete or not?



According to Ben Gertzfield:
> I think both /etc/rcS.d/ and /etc/rc.boot/ have their place, and
> I know personally that /etc/rc.boot/ is far more convenient for
> non-packages that need to start up once on bootup and don't
> want (or care) to know about update-rc.d.
> 
> Thoughts?

It sounds more like you want a rc.local style directory, not rc.boot.

But what is so difficult about update-rc.d? It's only one line in
the postinst .. (and one in prerm)

Mike.
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