> > I can very well understand them. First of all some Linux distributors have > been creative in the past and have moved rc[0-6].d/ and init.d/ to > interesting places like /sbin/ or /etc/rc.d/, probably just to be > ``different'' from a real System V. Just one of the small but annoying > differences between various UNIX flavours.
Agreed. All the Linux distributors should get together to choose one directory for those rc scripts. I really don't care too much it is exactly the same as Solaris. But I prefer something under /etc. RedHat uses /etc/rc.d and Debian uses /etc. /etc/rc.d makes things easier to control. BTW, it would nice to standardize on package names and the numbers accociated with each packages too. > > I actually don't like the pile of symlinks that a SysV Init usually has > quite messy; a text file for the configuration or maybe one per package to > make things easier for package managers would have easier to manipulate. > Symlinks may be a little messy. But it does provide support for run level very nicely. A single text file or one per package is very bad. Since there may be dependencies among packages, we have to start them in certain order and new packages may be installed at any time. Symlinks works quite well here. It is very convenient for packages with rc scripts. I really appreciate that feature while working on knfsd. -- H.J. Lu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Linux SMP list: FIRST see FAQ at http://www.irisa.fr/prive/mentre/smp-faq/ To Unsubscribe: send "unsubscribe linux-smp" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
