Re: [users] editing /etc/init.d
On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 08:46:53PM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote:
> also sprach john gennard (on Mon, 02 Jul 2001 03:30:03PM +0100):
> > So far I've not touched this area and find the manpage for
> > 'update-rc.d' a little confusing. The script to be edited is linked
> > to /etc/rc0/ .... /etc/rc6/ (as defaults with runlevels and
> > sequence code). Do I need to remove all of these links with -f,
> > so running 'update rc.d -f xxxxxx defaults' ?
> > I presume I could run the same command with -n instead of -f
> > just to have a 'look-see' -but I'm wary of touching something I
> > don't yet understand. In any event this seems too simple.
>
> you might want to look at the file-rc package, which i use
> exclulsively. i find the /etc/rc?.d hierarchy too awkward to work
> with, and the file-rc package makes this pretty straight forward and a
> lot more contained and clearer.
>
I use this too, but one thing concerns me. If you install a new package
that expects to find SysV scripts and wants to update them, how can it
do this will file-rc in the way? There aren't any /etc/rcX.d directories
there any more.
Paul
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