On Thu Jul 24 12:45:31 -0700 1997, Sam Ockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found the rc directories in /var/backup along with the file rc.symlink > there. I put them back where they belong. It still seems important that we > figure out what caused this (maybe this belongs in Debian developer...I can > never tell...) > > Anyways, another file that was in /var/backup was rc.symlink....It's nowhere > else on the disk. Where does it belong?? > > Thanks > Sam > > Message from Sam Ockman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 7-23-97: > > I just installed Debian 1.3.1, and spent several harrowing hours getting > > exactly the packages I want (working out dependancies, etc.) I was just > > about to celebrate, when bam, I realized there were no /etc/rc[0-6] > > directories.... > > > > I'm assuming they haven't been renamed (they are on my Debian 1.3 > > system).... > > Did some package delete them like my inetd.conf file was deleted by a random > > package in 1.3 days (might have been pre-release days, so it was > > acceptable...) What's going on? > >
[...] Did you by any chance install a package called file-rc? ~$ dpkg --status file-rc Package: file-rc Status: install ok installed Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 27 Maintainer: Tom Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 0.4.1 Depends: sysvinit Description: RC script to use a file /etc/runlevel.conf instead of symlinks This changes the standard /etc/init.d/rc and update-rc.d scripts to operate on a config-file /etc/runlevel.conf instead, which is easier to administrate than symlinks, and is also more flexible. . The package will automatically convert your existing symlinks into the file method on installation, and convert the file back into symlinks on removal. Noel -- Immanuel V. Yap e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Graduate Student [EMAIL PROTECTED] Plant Breeding office: (607) 255-3103 320 Bradfield Hall home: (607) 256-7034 Cornell Univeristy Ithaca, NY 14853 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
