Ainsi parlait Abel Cheung :
> 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.
Or any other blo^M^M^Mfirewall wizard such as shorewall. However, this issue
has more to do with System V init scheme and dependencies issues as with rpm
itself.
--
Guillaume Rousse
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-- Murphy's Military Laws n°105
