Eric Schnoebelen <eric@cirr.com> wrote:

> 		1) drop the startup script in /etc/rc.d, and add a
> 			MESSAGE telling the admin to turn on the feature?

No, your package should respect ${PREFIX} and keep /etc untouched.

> 		2) drop the startup script in ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d, 
> 			and add a MESSAGE telling the admin to add
> 			the script to rc.local?

Yes, I think that's the right way. Have a look at the apache
package for example.

-Dominik

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