Re: /etc/rc.d/ as a bunch of symlinks

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Subject: Re: /etc/rc.d/ as a bunch of symlinks
From: Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:47:31 +0200

On Wed, 09 Oct 2013, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:

On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 10:34:54AM -0400, matthew sporleder wrote:

I think we should move the existing rc.d scripts to somewhere else and
then use symlinks to manage rc.d/


For me it was always strange that the rc.d scripts are considered
configuration files. As such I would prefer to move them to
/libexec/rc.d or whatever and just have symlinks in /etc/rc.d. That
would cover the various cases of local modifications -- just make sure
that the symlink is replaced with your own file.

I edit the rc.d scripts, and would dislike a symlink farm. Itseems to me that symlinks merely add to the maintenance burden.


--apb (Alan Barrett)

References:
- /etc/rc.d/ as a bunch of symlinks
  - From: matthew sporleder
- Re: /etc/rc.d/ as a bunch of symlinks
  - From: Joerg Sonnenberger

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