> I like the rc.d/* as links to init.d/* approach; sometimes you need a
> way to turn off a package without deleting it entirely.

Also, if you want to restart/turn on/off a certain service, you just look for
it in /etc/init.d, one doesn't have to know in what /etc/rc*.d it is.


> Here's a skeleton for a minimal way to do the automatic dependancy
> ordering..
>
> for pkg in /sbin/rc.d/*
> do
> 	${pkg} startdeps
> done | tsort | while read pkg
> do
> 	/sbin/rc.d/${pkg} start
> done
>
> and /sbin/rc.d/named has (oversimplified):
>
> ...
> case $1 in
> deps)
> 	# "net before named"
> 	echo net named
> 	;;
> start)
> 	/usr/sbin/named
> 	;;
> stop)
> 	kill $(cat /var/run/named.pid)
> 	;;
> esac

Sounds cool.


Hubert

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