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On 2020-08-15 00:22-0000 Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> |
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wrote: |
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> On 2020-08-14, tastytea <tastytea+gentoo@××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> > rc-service runs the same service scripts that are in /etc/init.d/, |
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> > so it's the same. However the manpage of rc-service(8) mentions that |
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> > “Service scripts could be in different places on different |
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> > systems”, so the most compatible way would be to use rc-service. |
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> Oddly, the two usages are both within one example. It appears that |
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> the author uses "/etc/init.d/iptables" for the "save" command and |
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> "rc-service iptables" for the "start" command. |
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In some places “rc-service iptables save”¹ is used, in some places |
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“/etc/init.d/iptables save”². I think it was 2 or more authors with |
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different preferences. |
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> Also interesting: the openrc wiki page doesn't mention rc-service at |
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> all and the examples all use "/etc/init.d/<whatever> <command>". |
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> [That's what I tend to use because it allows tab-completion.] |
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Gentoo installs completions for rc-service for both Zsh and Bash. |
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¹ <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Iptables#First_run> |
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² <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Iptables#Generating_firewall_rules> |
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