On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Conrad Nelson <y...@marupa.net> wrote: > On 11/04/2013 10:22 AM, Tom H wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> wrote: >>> On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 10:23:02AM +0100, Marko Randjelovic wrote: >>>> >>>> I find shell scripts the most efficient way to automate system adin >>>> tasks. It could be because I am a programmer, but at least init >>>> scripts are already provided, and small modifications should not be a >>>> problem even for non-programmers. For new scripts you have 'skeleton' >>>> file that can be easily adjusted for a particular work. >>> >>> Amongst other problems, how do you (or the package system) reconcile >>> when you have made a local modification to an init script and the >>> upstream package has made another in an update? >> >> Also how many init scripts are admins editing or is this theoretical? >> >> And if it's to fix lacunas in the scripts shipped by Debian, are bug >> reports being filed for these scripts to be patched? > > The argument seems specious to me. Admins make changes to system configs all > the time, it's part of what they do.
I've written (or helped a developer write) sysvinit scripts for home-grown apps but I'd be sacked if I made a change to a sysvinit script without showing that there's a technical problem with that script and without filing a bug report. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SyXbx4ZnrUUNePKDCxBtMf7_pwLKEPECNueUn0fkH=w...@mail.gmail.com
