[gentoo-amd64] Re: local.start conditional on soft-level

[Duncan]

Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk> posted
200702100947.41219.prh@××××××××××.uk, excerpted below, on  Sat, 10 Feb
2007 09:47:41 +0000:

> I'd like my /etc/conf.d/local.start to distinguish between soft run-levels,
> so that "sensors -s" will be run in the default level but not in the no-x
> level I've defined for maintenance.

sensors -s?  If that's lm_sensors, why aren't you running the lm_sensors
initscript instead of using local.start for it?  It does a bit more
dependency checking and the like.  Is it that you decided you didn't need
all that and just want the simple command, or were you not aware of the
initscript, or ???

> I recently found something that might do the trick, using (I think) a
> soft-level suffix to the conf.d/ file name, but now I can't find it. Would
> someone please tell me where it is?

Try RC_USE_CONFIG_PROFILE, comment starting on line 53, setting on line
60, of /etc/conf.d/rc (if you've kept the comments and all intact, line
numbering based on the baselayout-1.13.0_alpha12 file).

I'd suggest using the standard lm_sensors initscript, unless you have a
specific reason not to, just because it means system changes that might
otherwise break it are more likely to be fixed by the lm_sensors package
before you even start worrying about it, but then if desired use the
softlevel thing.

Here, however, I just use traditional (aka "hard", I suppose) initlevels,
setting up additional ones as needed.  The only ones normally used by the
system are 0/halt, 1/single-user, 6/reboot (those three nearly universal
Unix), and at least one other "operational" level from those between 2 and
5.  Gentoo normally uses 3/default and 2/nonet, thus leaving levels 4 and
5 free for local use.  In addition, levels 7-9 are available on the
standard Linux sysvinit package, tho those aren't standard across all *ix
like the 0-6 levels are.  Thus, there's plenty of additional levels to
choose and I simply switch between them as necessary using the standard
"init <number>" command, or just add the appropriate number on the command
line if booting directly to something other than my usual default as set
in /etc/inittab.  I don't think I've ever used Gentoo's softlevel stuff,
as I've really had no need to do so.  I'd have to read thru that section
in the handbook again to even know what or how to do with it.  (And yes,
I'm aware I just treated a linguistic inequity as equal.)

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