John Hasler wrote: > > Ed C. writes: > > If a compromise is not possible, then an 'install-rc' tool *accepted by > > all dists* would be the only other choice, and it would essentially have > > to know the details about every dist that conforms to the LSB. Writing > > (and maintaining) the thing could be real hairy. > > The idea is that each distribution would provide its own install-rc. The > interface would be standard, but the implementation would be entirely up to > the distribution.
Ok, I see this. Everyones install-rc would be called by the system's RPM manager to handle packages needing to modify the init system, for adding a daemon as an example. The install-rc interface to the user/package manager scripts would work in a manner specified by the LSB. > > Even if the LSB isn't interested, I think it would be useful to extend > update-rc to hide more of the details of the init system. -- Ed C.