>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dave> You may have 4 identical runlevels and I may have 4 identical Dave> runlevels, but debian's policy leaves it up to the admin to Dave> decide what each runlevel means. If LSB makes proclamations on Dave> the meaning of various runlevels, then the admin has to adhere Dave> to those meanings or risk losing compatibility with LSB Dave> packages. Ok, you don't define runlevels, admin with nonstandard runlevel scheme (runlevels meaning different things) has to move scripts around after software installs. You do, and guess what? an admin with nonstandard runlevels has to move scripts around, and manually manage her runlevels. If she doesn't use the LSB ones, she won't be able to install LSB packages without manually handling the boot scripts. 'course, if the LSB says nothing about where they go, she has to manually fiddle the boot scripts. Dave> (Much the same situation as with people who respond to questions Dave> about 'how do I get rid of this GUI login screen?' by saying Dave> 'change to runlevel 2' - they're making assumptions about what Dave> each runlevel means. Even on a RH system, it's not guaranteed Dave> that rl5 = X and rl2 = not X. The admin might have shuffled Dave> symlinks because he wanted it the other way around.) And someone not the sysadmin (who knows what he did) is changing the runlevel why? And how? I don't see the problem with distributions/the lsb defining run levels. It does simplify things somewhat for people who don't wanna muck with them, and leaves anyone who wants to do anything "fancy" manually fiddling with their boot scripts. -Eric
