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On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:02:32PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote |
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> I said this before, but it sounds useful to try to reiterate: |
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> * It's probable that service-specific files should not be included in |
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> the init system package. |
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> * Service-specific init files should probably be part of the |
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> distro-localized version of a service-providing package. |
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> This doesn't mean modifying binaries, this is part of bootstrapping a |
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> service's environment. Call it "deferred installation stages", if you |
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> like; things which need to be done for the service to be configured |
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> and properly operate. |
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My point is that the startup, sanity-checking, and initialization code |
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has to go *SOMEWHERE*. Where do you propose moving it to? This |
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discussion reminds me of an ethnic joke. A bunch of workers had dug out |
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a hole for the basement and foundations where a new house was to be |
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built. The workers ask their foreman what they should do with the pile |
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of dirt they had from digging out the hole for the new house. Their |
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foreman, who is ____________ tells them to go dig another hole in the |
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ground and throw the dirt in there. <G> |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |