Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-11-02 Thread Joey Hess
Julian Gilbey wrote: > Wrong: -f dereferences symlinks and says whether the final destination > is a normal file. That's what you want: Ok, change accepted. -- see shy jo

Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-11-02 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 09:14:05AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Julian Gilbey wrote: > > I (very belatedly) second this proposal. > > Thanks. I think I have enough seconds now, don't really remember. > > > There's one small change I would make though; see below. > > > > + if [ -e /etc/default

Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-11-01 Thread Joey Hess
Julian Gilbey wrote: > I (very belatedly) second this proposal. Thanks. I think I have enough seconds now, don't really remember. > There's one small change I would make though; see below. > > + if [ -e /etc/default/bind ]; then > > I would change the test to [ -f /etc/default/bind ].

Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-11-01 Thread Julian Gilbey
I (very belatedly) second this proposal. There's one small change I would make though; see below. On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 03:03:10AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: wishlist > > There has been some discussion lately on debian-deval (and a bit on > -policy) about init

Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-07-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 03:03:10AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > see shy jo, who thinks we overuse the term "orthagonal" in Debian Indeed. I'd prefer we used a term that was actually a word, and not some weirdass misspelling of "orthogonal". :) -- G. Branden Robinson | We either le

Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-07-15 Thread Brian F. Kimball
On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 12:06:45PM +0100, Edward Betts wrote: > Was there a suggestion to remain the directory to something other than > /etc/defaults? Makes sense. It's not a directory of defaults, it's a directory of customizations. The defaults are in the init scripts. Better to change this

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

Bug#66912: [PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-07-11 Thread Craig Sanders
i also second this proposal. craig -- craig sanders pgpFbV9y2ama2.pgp Description: PGP signature

Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-07-11 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 08-Jul-2000 Joey Hess wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: wishlist > > 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 >

Bug#66912: PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-07-09 Thread Falk Hueffner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: wishlist > > 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 t

Bug#66912: [PROPOSAL] init script configuration variables

2000-07-08 Thread Joey Hess
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist 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 you