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Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables



On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 03:03:10AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> [a rationale]

I'd like to see init.d files become non-conffiles, or at least be able to
be treated as though the weren't conffiles in any realistic case, so this
sounds good to me.

> --- policy.text.orig	Sat Jul  8 02:21:49 2000
> +++ policy.text	Sat Jul  8 02:44:34 2000
> +     such configurable values should not be placed directly in the script.
> +     Instead, they should be placed in a file in `/etc/default', which
> +     typically will have the same base name as the `init.d' script.

How does this relate to the files in /etc/network? /etc/network/options
and /etc/network/spoof-protect in particular? Should these be moved to
/etc/default/networking or something instead now?

So, seconded.

> see shy jo, who thinks we overuse the term "orthagonal" in Debian

Cheers,
aj, who thinks the term "orthogonal" would be a much better one to use

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