> 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?
Because no-one's written any (accepted) policy proposals to do this. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg