Bruce Perens writes ("Re: coming soon"): > From: Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >[Bruce wrote:] > >> 4. The /etc/init.d/functions file will no longer be used. > > Please make it exist and be empty so that existing programs don't > > break. > > How about having it exist and have its _current contents_ and a warning > not to use it?
No, because many scripts source it already when they don't need to, and therefore break when invoked from the command prompt (it does something nasty to $*, I believe). Last time I checked there were no scripts that actually used any of the facilities in /etc/init.d/functions, so there's no need to keep its contents. If we distribute it as an empty file all of these broken scripts will magically start working, and we can then work on getting them fixed. I second Ian M.'s comment about removing it from the `skeleton' example file. Ian.