Frederic Lepied wrote:
> David Walser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
>> David Walser wrote:
>> > Pixel wrote:
>> >> David Walser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >> 
>> >>> Given that, it seems to me the best thing for services
>> >>> we don't want enabled by default on installation, is
>> >>> to just have them not run _post_service in the SPEC
>> >>> file.  They'll get chkconfig --add run when they're
>> >>> enabled, and they don't lose the list of runlevels
>> >>> they should be run in.
>> >> 
>> >> agreed (i don't see any pb doing so, except having rpmlint whining,
>> >> but that's ok :)
>> >> 
>> >> for example, packages that don't a working default config file should
>> >> do this..
>> > 
>> > Great :D.  Luckily most of the packages I once thought shouldn't start by default 
>> > have either been improved, or I'm just only now smart enough to realize they're 
>> > OK :o).  The only one that's still questionable in my eyes is ypbind.
>> > 
>> > For now, the only packages I know that did the "-" thing in their initscript are 
>> > apcupsd, nscd, and routed, so those need to be fixed.  Do you know of any others?
>> 
>> Actually last we discussed this ypserv also did the "-" thing so if that's still 
>> the case it should be fixed also.  The fact that it did that makes the case for 
>> doing it in ypbind stronger too.
> 
> AFAIK ypserv isn't doing the - thing. Where do you see this ?

When me and Pixel first discussed this long ago he quoted to me ypserv's chkconfig 
line as an example of doing the - thing.  It may have since been changed, I haven't 
checked.

BTW, did you remove the associated rpmlint error yet?


Reply via email to