On Wednesday 19 February 2003 8:02 am, Andrew Dacey wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:31 AM > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] > service parameter passing?] > > > Anything that makes it easier to transition from the other Linux flavors > > where > > > the init files are laid out very differently would make those testing the > > waters feel much more welcome. If that's not anyone's goal here, then I'm > > tilting at windmills. > > I'm not sure what you mean here. Yes, there are some differences with the > layout of the runlevel directories but Gentoo uses the same basic structure > as RH and Mandrake do.
Well, I guess that's where you and I differ. I don't think they work at all the same. I see Gentoo's run levels as more like BSD than RH. Really, the service script is only about one thing. Abstraction. If I have a room full of several differing servers and I'm and admin, the last thing I want to have to remember in the heat of the moment is how to do something on _this_ machine. Stopping and starting services is one of the admins primary job. All the service script does is abstract the stopping and starting of servers so you no longer need to know which directory to look in to find the scripts. Perhaps you have never dealt with a room full of a hundred different servers, but anything we can do to help that guy out will be appreciated. Other than abstraction of where the service files lie, the service script is of no use whatsoever. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
