Re: init script config files

2000-07-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 10:44:15PM -0400, Christopher W. Curtis wrote: > > My idea is to have a script, '/etc/init.d/defaults', which every init > script sources. 'defaults' will read the default settings and define > common functions for the scripts to use. Here is a rough draft of the > idea:

Working cut at new init script config files

2000-07-07 Thread Christopher W. Curtis
"Christopher W. Curtis" wrote: > I've taken an interest in this as well. I rough-drafted a system last > night that is probably different from the tradional debian way, but as I > find 'the debain way' often confusing, I'll just proceed. Sorry for being so verbose, but I cleaned up what I was ta

Re: init script config files

2000-07-07 Thread Christopher W. Curtis
Joey Hess wrote: > > tony mancill wrote: > > While we're discussing this, I'd like to hear comments on the idea of > > using an /etc/rc.config.d/$package scheme, like that in HP-UX. This file [...] > > I'll try to summarize the rest of the thread: > > 1. The files should include nothing but simp

Re: init script config files

2000-07-07 Thread Joey Hess
tony mancill wrote: > What if we did this? > > /etc/rc.config.d/sendmail.default > /etc/rc.config.d/sendmail > (or /etc/rc.config.d/sendmail.override) > . > . > . > > And so on. Always source sendmail.default first, so that we know we have > sane values. If "sendmail" is there, source it too.

Re: init script config files

2000-07-07 Thread tony mancill
Cool - this could really happen. Here are a couple of comments. On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > 2. If we move to this type of file, we have to worry about what happens if a >user modified it, it is a conffile, and a new version of a package adds a >variable to it; the user meanw

init script config files

2000-07-07 Thread Joey Hess
tony mancill wrote: > While we're discussing this, I'd like to hear comments on the idea of > using an /etc/rc.config.d/$package scheme, like that in HP-UX. This file > is a shell script that gets sourced by the /etc/init.d/$package. It > normally has no real code in it, merely environment variab

Processed: merge duplicate Suggestion: Packages should carry a manpage

2000-07-07 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > merge 51116 51262 Bug#51116: Suggestion: Packages should carry a manpage Bug#51262: Suggestion: Packages should carry a manpage Merged 51116 51262. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham (administra