>From one of my Fedora 9 systems

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ uname -a
Linux lyrebird 2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Wed Sep 3 03:42:27 EDT 2008 
i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ head /etc/inittab
# inittab is only used by upstart for the default runlevel.
#
# ADDING OTHER CONFIGURATION HERE WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON YOUR SYSTEM.
#
# System initialization is started by /etc/event.d/rcS
#
# Individual runlevels are started by /etc/event.d/rc[0-6]
#
# Ctrl-Alt-Delete is handled by /etc/event.d/control-alt-delete
#

Ian Shields Ph.D.
Linux  Technologist, ISV & Developer Relations
IBM Corp
Research Triangle Park, NC
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/16/2008 03:03:01 PM:

> [image removed] 
> 
> Re: [lpi-examdev] New LPI 101 Exam, 101.3
> 
> G. Matthew Rice 
> 
> to:
> 
> This is the lpi-examdev mailing list.
> 
> 09/16/2008 03:01 PM
> 
> Sent by:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Please respond to "This is the lpi-examdev mailing list."
> 
> MJang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > w/r/t the new objectives, item 101.3, I see no reference to the 
Upstart
> > system. Looks like Upstart is replacing init at least on the latest
> > Ubuntu and Fedora distros.
> > 
> > So I suggest that some info on Upstart be included in the new LPI 
exam.
> > I don't know if init should be deleted completely, unless all major
> > distros are replacing init with Upstart.
> 
> This is a good question.  Probably a more correct one is "Should we dump
> /etc/inittab in favour of /etc/event.d?"
> 
> I didn't realize that upstart had left the ubuntu world.  I've verified 
that
> /etc/inittab is gone from Ubuntu 8.04, can someone also verified that it 
is
> definitely gone from Fedora?  And not just supporting upstart.
> 
> 
> Also, does anyone have an opinion on whether upstart is going to catch 
on?
> The last I read, it wasn't much of an improvement (performance-wise) to 
old
> init.  The home page:
> 
>     http://upstart.ubuntu.com/
> 
> lists:
>     * Ubuntu 6.10 and later
>     * Fedora 9 and later
>     * Debian experimental
> 
> as the distros picking it up.
> 
> To answer myself, I think that we could probably wait upstart is adopted 
more
> widely but I'd like to hear other opinions.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> g. matthew rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>      starnix care, toronto, ontario, 
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