Assuming there aren't any more issues, I'll mark this as ACCEPTED next
Sunday or so (ie, two weeks after it was PROPOSED, and however long
since the first post)
On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 03:50:58PM -0700, Carl R. Witty wrote:
>>>> Packages that include daemons for system services should place scripts in
>>>> <tt>/etc/init.d</tt> to start or stop services at boot time or during a
>>>> change of runlevel.
>>> What about daemons that are run only from inetd? Are we going to
>>> expect them to provide a standalone mode as well?
>> That shouldn't be more than `Severity: wishlist'... I'm not sure how to
>> reword the above sentence now. Do you have a suggestion?
> How about:
> Packages that include standalone daemons (that is, programs that
> should typically start running when the computer boots and continue
> running until the computer shuts down) should place scripts in
> <tt>/etc/init.d</tt> to start or stop the daemons at boot time or
> during a change of runlevel.
Sounds good to me.
Note that this clears up the orignal daemons != services ambiguity,
which seems reasonable. inetd services aren't (usually) daemons, they're
just services.
Cheers,
aj
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