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Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?



On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Ed Cogburn wrote:

> > Hmm...  that's right, but it's only a matter of people talking to each other
> > and agreeing upon one policy - the dists that don't follow the chosen
> > standard, can rearrange their layout starting with the next release (yes, I
> > know, it might be quite difficult, but worth the effort). There's no point in
> > creating something new instead of using one of the few, very well tested and
> > proven solutions.
> 
> 
> 	The closer RH gets to becoming the 'de facto' standard, the less
> likely they are to be inclined to talk to *anyone* about
> 'standards' for Linux distros.  I fear the point at which RH drops
That's a sad truth... 

> its interest in LSB and other cooperative discussions about
> standards and simply says: "If you want the standard Linux, you
> have to buy it from us".  Power corrupts, and absolute power
> corrupts absolutely.  And yes, if you haven't figured out by now,
> I *don't* trust RH.  :-)
Neither do I. I spent too much time making their dist a safe one to use on a
public access server...

marek



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