Hi Matthew, Am Dienstag, 16. September 2008 21:03:01 schrieb G. Matthew Rice: > MJang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > w/r/t the new objectives, item 101.3, I see no reference to the Upstart > > system. Looks like Upstart is replacing init at least on the latest > > Ubuntu and Fedora distros. > > > > So I suggest that some info on Upstart be included in the new LPI exam. > > I don't know if init should be deleted completely, unless all major > > distros are replacing init with Upstart. > > This is a good question. Probably a more correct one is "Should we dump > /etc/inittab in favour of /etc/event.d?"
No, please don't. As Sander wrote, there will be for a long time lots of systems (still) using /etc/inittab. > I didn't realize that upstart had left the ubuntu world. I've verified > that /etc/inittab is gone from Ubuntu 8.04, can someone also verified > that it is definitely gone from Fedora? And not just supporting upstart. Please don't think about Ubuntu and Fedora only. Don't forget SUSE which at least until 10.3 only uses /etc/inittab. There is no /etc/event.d/ in SUSE. I have to check what is used in 11.0 but I doubt it will be upstart. > Also, does anyone have an opinion on whether upstart is going to catch > on? > The last I read, it wasn't much of an improvement (performance-wise) to > old init. True. See here: http://en.opensuse.org/Ubuntu_and_Upstart Regards, Peter -- Peter Albrecht Tel: +49-(0)-89-287793-83 Open Source School GmbH Mob: +49-(0)-173-3528664 Amalienstraße 45 RG Fax: +49-(0)-89-287555-63 80799 München http://www.opensourceschool.de HRB 172645 - Amtsgericht München Geschäftsführer: Peter Albrecht, Dr. Markus Wirtz _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list lpi-examdev@lpi.org http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
