On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:26:23PM +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> wrote: >> >> Isn't update-rc.d the way to configure the rc.d scripts? > >> > No, it's a way for *maintainer scripts* to manage init scripts. > >> >> Or am I old-fashioned. > >> > You are using an interface that was never meant for administrator use. >> > Nowadays there's an 'update-rc.d enable/disable', but even that, I think, >> > was intended to be a backend for the 'service' command. > >> So what *is* the proper UI? > > The sensible abstraction for this is 'service' - but it doesn't appear that > service has support for enable/disable yet :(
Do other distro's use service for this? What's the reason update-rc.d is limited to maintainer scripts? Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTi=s+yx_pgdg_+inbutmbg4fn4hrd-njphgug...@mail.gmail.com
