On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 08:47:04PM -0800, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: >--- Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >One question--since there is now a complete sysvinit framework, are >> >we going to start encouraging service maintainers/submitters >> >(exim, postgresql) to add a /etc/rc.d/init.d/foobar script? Should there >> >be some new language telling prospective package contributors about this? >> >> I think it's premature for that however it would be interesting to have >> to transform all of the "How do I get inetd/sshd/crond to start?" >> questions into a "How do I get init to start?" question. >> >> What does everyone else think? > >This seems like the best approach to me--it's conceptually how a regular >Unix works. However, it would be only marginally useful if there is no easy >way for init to start inetd/sshd/crond (i.e., via init scripts for each >service).
Sure, but the cynical part of me quails at the thought of switching the user base over once we have all of the init.d scripts available. I can hear the cries from people who are trying to run two versions of sshd at the same time now. cgf
