Julio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Given the comments on my proposal, I'm rewriting it to the following: > > 1. to provide support for separation of local initialization > scripts, allow update-rc.d to handle subdirectories. So, a > /etc/init.d/local (or whatever) dir could be created and a script > within this dir could be linked to rc?.d with 'update-rc.d > local/99ascript defaults'.
How are you going to deal with a local sysadmin who creates a script called /etc/init.d/local/ppp, and then runs: update-rc.d local/ppp defaults You cannot replace the S20ppp links that were put in by ppp, so presumably you'll have to translate it to something like S20local-ppp. That being the case, why not simply suggest that sysadmins avoid name collisions by putting ``local-'' on the front of their init.d scripts. The only policy change then required is that people not name packages local-*, which seems like a reasonably good idea anyway, since that leaves those names for local packages. Cheers, Phil.
