On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 10:46:47PM +0100, Mo McKinlay wrote: > # Also we will probably need start-a-before-b relation > # (gpm should be tarted before X, but X don't depend on gpm nor gpm on X) > > I *think* I follow this. I take it this would only ever come into play if > two services are going to be started at the same runlevel? (I can't see > why it'd be necessary otherwise).
This can be kind of very weak dependency. > i.e... > > graphical = X gpm xfs ... > > We say: > > X [depends on] xfs > gpm [start before] X > > Then.. > > $ init graphical > INIT: Switching to runlevel 'graphical' > Starting gpm... > Starting xfs... > Starting X... > > Have I got that right? Yes, and if there is no gpm installed or it failed, X will run anyway. [snip] All others 100% ok.
