On 2003-08-05(Tue) 08:28:20 +0200, Frederic Lepied wrote: > > If you didn't, please remove this rpmlint error: > > init-script-without-chkconfig-postin > > > > it's been discovered that not having the chkconfig-postin is the best way to have > > a service not set to start automatically upon installation (I discovered, Pixel > > agreed) > > Our policy is if a package is installed, it must be ready to run. So > we need to call %_post_service to follow this policy. What was the > original reason to make exceptions to this policy ?
I believe some exception cases do exist, e.g. the service you're going to install will interfere with existing running service. Firestarter is an example -- one of firestarter startup script or iptables startup script would be used to control firewall, but not both. Abel > -- > Fred - May the source be with you > -- Abel Cheung Linux counter #256983 | http://counter.li.org GPG Key: (0xC67186FF) | http://deaddog.org/gpg.asc Key fingerprint: 671C C7AE EFB5 110C D6D1 41EE 4152 E1F1 C671 86FF
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