Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There has been some discussion lately on debian-deval (and a bit on > -policy) about init scripts. One concern that has arisen is that it can > be very annoying to have to modify an init script to change a simple > value in it, and then be forced to maintain your modified init script > each time you upgrade and the package changes it. /etc/default is > already in use by 3 packages (2 of them in base; also, see also bug > #66574 point #3), this just formalizes it. > > The thread also brought up the concern that an init script might start > using some new parameter, while the admin has modified its /etc/default/ > file, and so the parameter does not have a value set, and this causes > the script to do something unexpected and/or bad. This proposal addresses > that concern as well. > > It's late and my wording might be buggy -- patches gladly accpeted. I'm > also looking for seconds, of course.
Was there a suggestion to remain the directory to something other than /etc/defaults? -- Don't worry -- shop.
