Re: RFC: A method to use Admin tools, like linuxconf
On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Tim Sailer wrote:
> In your email to me, Shaya Potter, you wrote:
> >
> > Linuxconf is mainly a config tool. You can use it with plain SysV init,
> > but it is much nicer to use it with its own starting mechanism. What I
> > am trying to say is that we should allow the user to choose whatever
> > "backend" they want, backend being an "activator"
>
> Just a point.. a config tool should be *only* a config tool. Right now
> my 'config tool' is vi or emacs. They better *not* be starting and stopping
> any system programs for me.. SysV init is a standard. I *like* it on
> Debian. The BSD style rc.local stuff really rots. Let's let the init
> do it's job, and the config tool do it's own.
I am not saying that we should get rid of SysV init, or even make it not
our standard "Activator". All I am saying is maybe we should have some
options. All I want to try to do is put the hooks in their to give us
this option. SysV init will still be standard. SysV init will still be
thre on a system with Linuxconf. If you deinstall Linuxconf, SysV will be
automatically put back. SysV init should actually never be removed.
Shaya
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