Hi, Jaromil writes:
> On 19 November 2017 21:14:26 CET, Didier Kryn <k...@in2p3.fr> wrote: > >>Conclusion: initscripts profides the infrastructure to invoke >>/etc/rc.local if it exists, but it doesn't provide an empty >>/etc/rc.local. > > Ok, this is what I hoped and it still makes sense. > > IMHO deprecation means vandalism may happen > in the future: some people should be vigilant and there > should be already a clear statement and discussion > about what this "deprecation" means. > > if it just means that /etc/rc.local is not created by default > but processed if found executable, then it would be fine: > some UNIX systems did that already in the past, > but I am afraid the word "deprecation" means something else. FYI, /etc/rc.local is created from initscripts.postinst on first install and when upgrading from versions before "2.86.ds1-16". Just because a file is not found by `dpkg -S` doesn't mean it is not provided. There are quite a number of files that are generated in postinstall scripts. Next time, before making rash accusations and dreaming up conspiracy theories, take a *good* look. Just a simple `grep -rl rc.local /var/lib/dpkg/info` is all that it took me to find this out on my Devuan Jessie. To cross check, I went over to package.debian.org to have a look at their initscripts package. stretch has 2.88dsf-59.9, buster and sid have 2.88dsf-50.10. Pulled the debian/ directory tarball and checked initscripts.postinst. Nothing changed and rc.local will still be created. Crying wolf like this time and again is not doing Devuan any good. FWIW, I just modified the /etc/rc.local on two of my Devuan ASCII machines to fix up ownership on an ext4 mount and that worked just fine. But then again, initscripts *is* devuanized ;-) Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
