Hello, On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 01:08:59PM +0000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Sylvain LE GALL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 01:37:44PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 04:27:03PM +0100, Sylvain LE GALL wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > In one of the package i maitain i have a config script which begin by > >> > asking if the service attached to this package need to be run. I use a > >> > variable ( stored in /etc/default/mldonkey -- LAUNCH_AT_STARTUP="yes" ) > >> > to determine if i need to run the service or not. > >> > > >> > If the variable is set to yes, the init script launch the service, > >> > otherwise it does nothing. > >> > > >You think i should simply remove LAUNCH_AT_STARTUP from the init > >script... > > > >Maybe it should be wiser indeed... > > > >In fact, mldonkey server could be run as normal user or as sysadmin ( > >just like fetchmail ). It depends on what does the user want to do with > >it ! > > > >So i think i should let LAUNCH_AT_STARTUP... But i keep thinking on it. > > The problem with LAUNCH_AT_STARTUP is that it is the wrong name. > It not only prevents the service from starting, but it disables > the entire init script. You can't even run it anymore manually. > > So the variable should probably be called ENABLE_MLDONKEY_SERVER > or something like that. >
Ok, so renaming LAUNC_AT_STARTUP to ENABLE_MLDONKEY_SERVER is enough. I will do it in future release. > The reason why someone asked you to control that through > the startup links instead, is that if it is disabled that > way, you're still able to start it by hand by running > /etc/init.d/mldonkey-server. > In fact you can still launch mldonkey_server by hand... Which is the normal way to launch mlnet... But it is not as nice as using /etc/init.d/mldonkey Regard Sylvain LE GALL
