On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 11:56:30AM +0200, Julio Merino ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 11:13:57PM -0700, [email protected] wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 10:21:53PM +0200, Julio Merino ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I would like to know where should I put my own boot up scripts. For > > > example, I write one to restore my mixer setup on boot up and save it > > > in shutdown. I saved it in /etc/init.d and then I made the appropiate > > > links. > > > > /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh is where generic stuff gets run at startup. > > There is no specific "local" configuration file per se, particularly for > > shutdown operations, which I'm aware of. > > But bootmisc.sh could be replaced with new installations of packages, > isn't it ?
Not if the package is written according to the Debian Policy:
_Do not_ include the `/etc/rc<n>.d/*' symbolic links in `dpkg''s
conffiles list! _This will cause problems!_ You should, however,
treat the `/etc/init.d' scripts as configuration files, either by
marking them as conffiles or managing them correctly in the
maintainer scripts (see Section 4.7, `Configuration files'). (This
is important since we want to give the local system administrator
the chance to adapt the scripts to the local system--e.g., to
disable a service without de-installing the package, or to specify
some special command line options when starting a service--while
making sure her changes aren't lost during the next package
upgrade.)
/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.text.gz
<...>
> It could be interesting creating some /usr/local/etc/... as said
> before.
It would be a bad idea. You'd have to modify the entire init.d process
to do this.
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