>It seems to me that some of the problems noted here could be dealt with in a
>more simple way by having /usr/{local,pkg,X11R6}/etc/rc.d included in
>rcorder's pass during boot. I know it has been said that there were problems
>with this. What are they?

well...first of all, there's the problem of whether or not /usr is
*present* at the time that rc starts running...

>There would be naming conflicts and in some cases old-style scripts lying
>around to deal with, I'm sure, but those shouldn't be too hard to deal with
>given a little care...

nah...it simply requires a little intelligence on the part of the
administrator.  :)

-- 
|-----< "CODE WARRIOR" >-----|
codewarrior@daemon.org             * "ah!  i see you have the internet
twofsonet@graffiti.com (Andrew Brown)                that goes *ping*!"
andrew@crossbar.com       * "information is power -- share the wealth."