On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 12:05:19AM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote: > I have been looking at the lsb init functions and am beginning to feel > that they are a bad idea. > > * Converting to lsb init function requires modifying every initscript in > Debian.
Well, d'oh. > * Every initscript has to read in a file containing a set of function > definitions, some/most of which the initscript does not use. Well, d'oh. > * The lsb functions don't handle all the kinds of output currently > produced by initscripts. That would be a problem, indeed; but I'm sure this isn't an impossible one to solve. > * Success/failure status has to be signalled using a special function, > whereas this information is (or should be) already available as the exit > status of the initscript. ... and? > I think it would be better if we simply made rc capture initscripts' > standard output (and exit status) and formatted it in such a way that > bootup messages were prettier. That sounds like an ugly and error-prone hack to me. Not something we want one of our most important systems to be working with. -- The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely one bananosecond -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
