On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 01:21:06PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > we haven't a script to find out whether a daemon is running yet, but > > > we should introduce one and fixate this in the policy). > > > > Yes, this would seem to be the only sane approach. (Other than > > discarding file-rc and shooting Roland to put him out of his > > misery.:-) > > This is fodder for another thread, anyway. Historical reasons aside, is > there a Good Enough valid technical reason to discard file-rc?
Discarding file-rc won't even help, as the Hurd will have its own init scheme as well, and we need to strengthen the update-inet.d abstraction, not weaken it, for compatibility. Diversion is good :) thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
