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Re: Bad Debian (L.A.H.)



Have you ever tried package 'file-rc' ???
bye
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shyamal Prasad" <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>
To: "J. Lambrecht" <jl_post@pandora.be>
Cc: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: Bad Debian (L.A.H.)


>     "J." == J Lambrecht <jl_post@pandora.be> writes:
>
>     J.> // I am not on the list so please, reply to all Sigh, and now
>     J.> i now why Debian's not for kids
>
>     J.> --- "From : Linux Administrator Handbook p.35 (Prentice
>     J.> Hall,2002) "
>
>     J.> Debian startup scripts
>
>     J.> If SuSE is the ultimate example of a well-designed,
>     J.> well-executed plan for the management of startup scripts,
>     J.> Debian is the exact opposite. The Debian scripts are fragile,
>     J.> undocumented, and unbelievably incosistent.  Sadly, it appears
>     J.> that the lack of a standard way of setting up scripts has
>     J.> resulted in chaos in this case. Bad Debian!  ...  Good Luck
>     J.> ---
>
>     J.> Does anyone now if the SuSE startup scripts would work on
>     J.> Debian, or are there more well-planned startupscripts
>     J.> available for Debian.
>
> I've never used SuSE too much (I could not stand how intrusive it
> seemed to my old fashioned ways), but I don't really understand what
> the quote above is all about. I find the Debian start up scripts
> pretty well put together. Maybe the fact that I've only used Slackware
> and Debian significantly in the last 10 years has set my expectations
> too low? ;-)
>
> Perhaps you should try them before you lose them? Could you be more
> specific about the problems?
>
> There is an alternate package: file-rc. Never used it though.
>
> Cheers!
> Shyamal
>
>
>
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