Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-19 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello... thanks for all your answers. i think it is now clear to me. * Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-19 09:20 +0200]: > Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > > On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: > > > Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [/etc/def

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-19 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello... thanks for all your answers. i think it is now clear to me. * Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-19 09:20 +0200]: > Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > > On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: > > > Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [/etc/def

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Joey Hess
Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: > > Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [/etc/default] > > See Policy 9.3.2. (Disclaimer: IANADD.) > > Which does only say: > | To ensure that vital configurable values are always avai

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Joey Hess
Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: > > Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [/etc/default] > > See Policy 9.3.2. (Disclaimer: IANADD.) > > Which does only say: > | To ensure that vital configurable values are always avai

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-07-15 Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages > are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their > init-scripts. > i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the policy > 10.7 and as

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: > Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [/etc/default] > See Policy 9.3.2. (Disclaimer: IANADD.) Which does only say: | To ensure that vital configurable values are always available, the | init.d script should set default values for e

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Martin Dickopp
Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages > are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their > init-scripts. > i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the policy > 10.7 and asked a mainta

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Roman Kennke
Am Do, den 15.07.2004 schrieb Sebastian Henschel um 14:45: > howdy folks... > > in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages > are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their > init-scripts. > i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the p

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-07-15 Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages > are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their > init-scripts. > i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the policy > 10.7 and as

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: > Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [/etc/default] > See Policy 9.3.2. (Disclaimer: IANADD.) Which does only say: | To ensure that vital configurable values are always available, the | init.d script should set default values for e

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Martin Dickopp
Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages > are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their > init-scripts. > i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the policy > 10.7 and asked a mainta

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Roman Kennke
Am Do, den 15.07.2004 schrieb Sebastian Henschel um 14:45: > howdy folks... > > in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages > are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their > init-scripts. > i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the p