Re: Please remove rcconf
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Thanks for pointing these bugs. I also see you file bugs in the bts. I'm
Cc:ing kamop.
Isn't it a better thing to resolve all the bugs, and maybe make
a(nother) NMU of the package. And then, remove it *after* the new
alternative will be in a good shape and in the Debian pool?
Cheers,
Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 04:06, Ron Murray wrote:
>> What problems are you having with this package?
>
> * Missing dependency on sysv-rc
> * Totally inadequate documentation
> * Displays every file in /etc/init.d/ as a service even if it
> ends in .dpkg-old or lacks x permission
> * Silently omits services whose sequence numbers don't fall into
> one pattern, namely, Snn in {2,3,4,5} and Kmm in {0,1,6} for
> some n and m. (I infer this from experimentation, not from
> documentation.) E.g., I set up service "dummy" as K80 in
> runlevels 0 and 6, S20 in 1 through 5 and rcconf would not
> display its name. When I changed dummy to K80 in runlevel 1
> then rcconf would display its name. This is very limiting.
> * If you disable a service, rcconf _deletes_ all its rc
> symlinks!!
>
> Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/dummy ...
>
> The sequence number for {0,1,6} and the sequence number for
> {2,3,4,5} are stored in /var/lib/rcconf/services; if the service
> is enabled later then these numbers are used to re-install
> symlinks. But this is wrong. If a service is disabled using
> rcconf and then its package is upgraded, the postinst will reset
> rc symlinks to their default state. The right way to disable a
> service is to set all its symlinks to K.
>
> Most of these issues have been reported via the BTS. Having said
> that, I'll defer to the several people who say that they find the
> program useful.
>
> This is cc:ed to Joe Oppegaard who is working on a new and better
> runlevel editor.
> --
> Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
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