Re: Anyone working on the rc.d installer problem?
On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> > # BEGIN RCINSTALLINFO
> > # runlevels = 2 3 4 5
> > # start = after network
> > # stop = after lpd
> > # END RCINSTALLINFO
>
> Red Hat does some of this for chkconfig already, and it would be nice to
> preserve that.
>
> True, but the way it is done isn't particularly abstract. It uses pure
> numbers for everything, instead of abstract names of the location points
> and the run levels.
I'm not doubting the need for enhancements.
> Well, if the shell script is like this, it has all of the advantages of
> the approach you were describing while still being extensible if more
> customization is necesary:
>
> binary=/usr/sbin/inetd
> pidfile=/var/lib/inetd.pid
> killmethod=TERM
>
> . /lib/rc.stdprog
That's exactly what we're thinking of. We also want to abstract the logging to
something other then echo for added flexibility.
Erik
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