Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-07-14 Thread Joey Hess
Anthony Towns wrote: > How does this relate to the files in /etc/network? /etc/network/options > and /etc/network/spoof-protect in particular? Should these be moved to > /etc/default/networking or something instead now? If they're used by the init script to set variables, then, yes. > So, seconde

Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-07-14 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 03:03:10AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > [a rationale] I'd like to see init.d files become non-conffiles, or at least be able to be treated as though the weren't conffiles in any realistic case, so this sounds good to me. > --- policy.text.orig Sat Jul 8 02:21:49 2000 > +++

Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-07-14 Thread Edward Betts
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There has been some discussion lately on debian-deval (and a bit on > -policy) about init scripts. One concern that has arisen is that it can > be very annoying to have to modify an init script to change a simple > value in it, and then be forced to maintain y