Re: Please remove rcconf

2004-03-07 Thread Michael Stone
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 10:14:11PM +0100, Thomas Hood wrote: Argh! You're not supposed to delete _any_ links -- just rename them from Sn to K(100-n) and back. No, deleting them would be fine. If there is neither an S nor a K symlink for a service in a runlevel it does not mean that the serv

Re: Please remove rcconf

2004-03-07 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 21:09, Michael Stone wrote: > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 03:05:42PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > >No, you're only supposed to delete the start links (S??service), not all > >the links. > > Ah, yes. Deleting *all* the links would be a pretty severe bug. Argh! You're not supposed

Re: Please remove rcconf

2004-03-07 Thread Michael Stone
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 03:05:42PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: No, you're only supposed to delete the start links (S??service), not all the links. Ah, yes. Deleting *all* the links would be a pretty severe bug. Mike Stone

Re: Please remove rcconf

2004-03-07 Thread Joe Nahmias
Michael Stone wrote: > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 06:46:55PM +0100, Thomas Hood wrote: > >has let it be known that there will be a new release RSN. The > >big issue (deleting symlinks to disable a service) apparently > >will remain unfixed in this release but I'll take that up with > > Why is that a

Re: Please remove rcconf

2004-03-07 Thread Michael Stone
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 06:46:55PM +0100, Thomas Hood wrote: has let it be known that there will be a new release RSN. The big issue (deleting symlinks to disable a service) apparently will remain unfixed in this release but I'll take that up with Why is that a problem? It's how you're *suppos

Re: Please remove rcconf

2004-03-07 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 12:19, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > Isn't it a better thing to resolve all the bugs, and maybe make > a(nother) NMU of the package. And then, remove it *after* the new > alternative will be in a good shape and in the Debian pool? It appears that an NMU won't be necessary because t

Re: Please remove rcconf

2004-03-07 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for pointing these bugs. I also see you file bugs in the bts. I'm Cc:ing kamop. Isn't it a better thing to resolve all the bugs, and maybe make a(nother) NMU of the package. And then, remove it *after* the new alternative will be in a good shap

Re: Please remove rcconf

2004-03-07 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 04:06, Ron Murray wrote: >What problems are you having with this package? * Missing dependency on sysv-rc * Totally inadequate documentation * Displays every file in /etc/init.d/ as a service even if it ends in .dpkg-old or lacks x permission * Silently omits services w