According to Christian Schwarz:
> As you've probably seen from my last policy weekly posting (issue #5),
> policy will be changed to force each /etc/init.d/foo script to support the
> `restart' and `force-reload' options.
>
> When I updated the policy manual I discovered that the /etc/init.d/README
> file and the chapter about init.d in the Policy Manual are nearly the
> same--but not exactly the same. We somehow have to "merge" the texts.
Well, I think it is important to keep policy like this in one place,
so prevent having contadicting or out of date instructions.
I will put the following in /etc/init.d/README:
Configuration of Init under Debian GNU/Linux
Most Unix version have a file here that describes how the scripts
in this directory work, and how the links in the /etc/rc?.d/ directories
influence system startup/shutdown.
For Debian, this information is contained in the policy manual, chapter 3.4:
system run levels. The home site for the Debian Policy Manual is at
http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-policy/
You can also find a copy on the developer's corner of the Debian
website, http://www.debian.org/ or one of its many mirrors.
The Debian Policy Manual is ofcourse also available as a debian package.
Mike.
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