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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 15:07:42 -0700 From: Brian Bilbrey <bilbrey@orbdesigns.com> To: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>, J C Lawrence <claw@kanga.nu>, Subject: Re: [svlug] Local init script under Debian? On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 02:24:17PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > J C Lawrence wrote: > > Is there a tacitly assumed/standard place for localised init scripts > > under Debian? I'm thinking of something akin to rc.local under the > > BSDs. > > /etc/init.d/ ; use update-rc.d to set up the symlinks > A moment ago I replied (accidentally privately) to JC saying that I had seen recommended (and used myself) /etc/rc.local ... Is this deprecated? === From: kmself@ix.netcom.com Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 15:49:41 -0700 To: svlug@svlug.org Subject: Re: [svlug] Local init script under Debian? --8X7/QrJGcKSMr1RN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable on Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 01:46:45PM -0700, J C Lawrence (claw@kanga.nu) wrot= e: >=20 > Is there a tacitly assumed/standard place for localised init scripts > under Debian? I'm thinking of something akin to rc.local under the > BSDs. There's bootmisc.sh, where you can stash stuff. According to Debian Policy, the /etc/init.d scripts must conform to package names, and, per 2.3.1:=20 Every package must have a name that's unique within the Debian archive. =20 =20 Package names must consist only of lower case letters, digits (0-9), plus (+) or minus (-) signs, and periods. =2E..seems you could create localized init.d scripts with uppercase characters and/or underscores (_), neither of which are allowed in valid Debian packages, but which don't conflict with shell interpretation or quoting. Say "LOC_initscript", for example. === Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:13:04 -0700 From: Brian Bilbrey <bilbrey@orbdesigns.com> To: svlug@svlug.org Subject: Re: [svlug] Local init script under Debian? On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 03:07:42PM -0700, Brian Bilbrey wrote: > A moment ago I replied (accidentally privately) to JC saying that I > had seen recommended (and used myself) /etc/rc.local ... > > Is this deprecated? Replying to myself <g> I mean /etc/rc.boot So my actual question is, "Is /etc/rc.boot deprecated?" I've seen both the rc.boot and the init.d / update-rc.d methods recommended... Thanks for your forbearance. *sigh* been a long week. === To: Brian Bilbrey <bilbrey@orbdesigns.com> Cc: svlug@svlug.org Subject: Re: [svlug] Local init script under Debian? Brian Bilbrey wrote: > Replying to myself <g> I mean /etc/rc.boot > > So my actual question is, "Is /etc/rc.boot deprecated?" I've seen > both the rc.boot and the init.d / update-rc.d methods recommended... /etc/rc.boot has effecitvely moved to /etc/rcS.d/ ===