Bill Nottingham wrote:
>
> H. Peter Anvin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
> > > H. Peter Anvin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
> > > > In RH6.1 it looks like you can simply overwrite /etc/rc.d/rc.local;
> > > > don't know if that's true for other RedHats.
> > >
> > > Yup, just change where it munges the issue file in rc.local.
> > >
> >
> > Changes which can't be trivially automated are majorly evil. That's
> > what the /etc/rc.d/init.d stuff is there for; an
> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/makeissue would have been infinitely better.
>
> It shouldn't need to be 'automated' as such; replacing the rc.local
> file once should be enough - it won't get changed on upgrades.
>
Either way, rc.local should be for *local* stuff. Just like /usr/local,
it should be *empty*.
-hap
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