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Re: chkconfig package available for review/download


--- Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> wrote:
> >One question--since there is now a complete sysvinit framework, are
> >we going to start encouraging service maintainers/submitters 
> >(exim, postgresql) to add a /etc/rc.d/init.d/foobar script? Should there
> >be some new language telling prospective package contributors about this?
> 
> I think it's premature for that however it would be interesting to have
> to transform all of the "How do I get inetd/sshd/crond to start?"
> questions into a "How do I get init to start?" question.
> 
> What does everyone else think?

This seems like the best approach to me--it's conceptually how a regular
Unix works. However, it would be only marginally useful if there is no easy 
way for init to start inetd/sshd/crond (i.e., via init scripts for each
service). 

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