Bug#134658: ITP: lsb -- Linux Standard Base 1.1 core support package
On Feb 19, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:50:01PM -0600, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> > - LSB 1.1 specifies definitions for run levels 2-5 that correspond
> > with most Red Hat-like distributions. Debian does not specify run
> > levels 3-5, and RL 2 can theoretically encompass any of LSB 2-5.
> >
> > (LSB probably should implement init dependencies for facilities
> > expected in run levels, rather than using run levels directly.)
>
> This was discussed on one of the LSB lists (-spec? -discuss? both?) back
> when the 1.0 spec came out; the conclusion was basically that Debian
> should just translate those runlevels into the Debian equivalents. That
> is, just because a script specifies runlevel 5 but not 2, doesn't mean
> it shouldn't be brought up in runlevel 3 on Debian if that's what's
> appropriate.
OK, some sort of remapping probably should be done then. Now it makes
a little more sense.
(This probably should actually be *explained* in the spec.)
> > [...] however, my gut feeling is
> > that any LSB RL from 2-5 should be treated as 2-5 inclusive on
> > Debian until Debian conforms (unlikely for woody) or LSB is amended
> > to get rid of this silliness.
>
> There are also systems out there that don't use runlevels, or that have
> user defined runlevels that aren't remotely related to the numbers Red
> Hat uses, which the LSB ought to support.
>
> > There may be other deviations from the spec; they are bugs and should
> > be reported as such. (The aforementioned deviations are bugs, but
> > probably "wontfix" for woody, or are bugs in the spec.)
>
> You should also mention that the uid for "bin" isn't 1 as the LSB
> specifies.
Strange. I thought Ted they were going to drop the numeric uid
requirement except for root.
:scratches head:
Well, not something I or anyone else can fix at this point. Consider
it a bug in the spec :-)
And it will get documented...
BTW, I found the thread:
http://lists.debian.org/lsb-spec/2001/lsb-spec-200107/msg00002.html
I'll probably add it to the README too.
Chris
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