-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Brian Servis wrote:
> But if a user removes the S99xdm link in rc2.d then the next time xdm is > upgraded it will be added again. This issue of the package managment > tools over writing what the system administrator sets has been debated > before, in favor of the system administrator(Recall the /usr/doc/*.gz > issue recently on -devel). This is what I was describing. Mike, or > anyone else, can you clarify why Debian does not have a destinction > between user runlevels for things like networking, X, etc? > I do not believe that is the case. The upgrade of xdm will run update-rc.d, which will see that there are already symlinks installed and exit without changing anything. That is, unless the -f option is passed to update-rc.d, which should probably not be the case in any package. This assumes that there is at least one symlink for this package somewhere in rc*.d. If there are no symlinks at all (why upgrade the package if you don't use it?) then update-rc.d will create them. I could be wrong, but this seems to be my experience. noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBN7ApyIdCcpBjGWoFAQELpgP/aMyRib3gmeG6qxgx0wch6Pq03I46n4o0 v2z9LONlDZIyHD6aA93vGf/B6Fv6e+6XG8ZletF5trKtWbTql8x5JZPQgrpH51CX E7z3vcutzzV9I2KdCNxjlu+y99MXWNLSq6bN2hA2D3n2YV/q6KVeQaQdrdTnjIzd OLQUlSBR2O4= =j+4I -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----