Re: file-rc vs. sysV init (was: enabling bootpc at startup)
On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 02:20:28PM -0500, the lone gunman wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 08:19:34AM +0200, Torsten Hilbrich wrote:
> > On: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:11:30 -0500 the lone gunman writes:
> > >
> > > On my Debian 1.3 system, I installed the package which removes the
> > > sysV style init scripts and installs the /etc/runlevel.conf system.
> > > I did not see this package in my hamm install. Did I overlook it?
> >
> > Yes, it's called file-rc and to be found in stable/main/admin.
> >
> > BTW: Search the package file for runlevel.conf and you will find it.
>
> Why is file-rc not the default, just out of curiosity. I found it
> much more intuitive, and a bit easier and faster to maintain. The
> default sysV init scripts took me a bit longer to figure out.
Well...it is not the "traditional" way of configuring runlevels.
besides...I LIKE the sysvinit way of doing it with SymLinks
Also...when I installed file-rc (accidently) a while back...it completle
fucked my system. It wasn't properly unmounting filesystems on reboot.
When I found it was doing this I set out to find out why (not even
knowing that file-rc was installed)...lost the whole filesystem.
Maybe this has been fixed?
> I would install file-rc agian, but I have a worry. I noticed when
> updating/installing new packages with file-rc installed, I get a *LOT*
> of errors that are something like:
>
> update-rc.d: integer expected
>
> or something leading me to believe that dpkg still tries to run the
> "update-rc.d" script used in a sysV init system, while "update-rc.d"
> is obsolete if file-rc is used.
>
> Any comments on this? Is this perhaps fixed in Hamm?
I dunno....I would NOT want to see this become the default...
I think it is allot less flexible than sysvinit.
if you like it...go on ahead...whatever floats your boat
-Steve
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