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On 31 July 2013, at 19:09, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Stroller |
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> <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> On 31 July 2013, at 18:23, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>>> Whinging about systemd binaries being installed is valid, but whinging |
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>>> about some data files is not. Anyone who does is letting their OCD show |
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>>> in ways they really should be keeping private. |
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>> Hmmmn, it's a bit freaking weird - if I'm understanding correctly some of the statements made here about systemd - that there will be files installed to /etc/init.d/ that don't actually do anything. |
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> If you use systemd, all the files installed in /etc/init.d (except |
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> functions.sh) don't actually do nothing. |
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Right, which is a bit freakin' odd, because on most every previous distro and other *nix system, that's where the system administrator goes to start and stop services. |
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If they're not used, in this case, I don't think they should be installed. |
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/etc/init.d is wholly different from /usr/share/package-name/examples |
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There are many other directories on the system where it's no problem to have some idle, unused, "wasted" files, but /etc/init.d has long been an important directory. |
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Stroller. |
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