On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 09:56:00PM +0200, Tom Wijsman wrote > "Walter Dnes" <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > > > In order for a different init system to come up, some file(s) > > somewhere *MUST* be different, no ifs/ands/ors/buts. > > How true is this in general? It is usually only a change of the init > parameter.
Where is the init parameter changed? Even if it's only the "append" line in /etc/lilo.conf, my above statement still holds true. If you've got two identical machines with byte-identical hard drives, they can not boot two different OS's or init systems. > > The problem with an eselect approach is that it's like asking a brain > > surgeon to operate on himself. > > eselect and wrappers don't operate on themselves, please elaborate. The operating system is changing itself. > > [SNIP to shorten mail] > > Users can already do this, this isn't a solution. > > [SNIP to shorten mail] > > Again: Users can already do this, this isn't a solution. See above... If users can already do it themselves, then why this entire thread? Why do we need eselect/whatever? -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
