On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Alex Winbow wrote:
> > Take the init system, for example. The basic System V init system has all
> > the flexibility you could ever want for setting up precisely controlled
> > system run levels. So why do all the major distributions feel the need to
> > dink with it? Is an
>
> Could you explain how Debian is guilty of this? (Take this
> question at face value; I'm *not* trying to be a partisan here.)
>
Debian? Let me count the ways:
1.
The existence of rcS in /etc/init.d is gratuitous, illogical, and
unnecessary.
2.
Not putting everything into an /etc/rc.d directory means the rc stuff is
scattered across /etc like a bag of spilled jellybeans.
3.
having an /etc/rc.boot directory in addition to /etc/rcS.d
4.
Making 2 the default runlevel while setting up 3,4, and 5 to be identical
to 2.
5.
Not implementing anything like chkconfig to help manage what runlevels
scripts should be set up in.
That's enough, I think.
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