Hi, When you talk of daemons Arch uses /etc/rc.d for start up scripts so I could write one to start openpkg if required ...or add it to rc.local
What I need to do is some load up openpkg (read the manual lol) Which version do you suggest I try first ? Mr G On 9/2/05, Christoph Schug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005, Mr Green wrote: > > > I thought you could use openpkg on most distros (from reading docs) > > That's right despite the point where bootstrap package hooks into the > base system. Basically, the boostrap adds a limited number of users and > groups, registers in the systems crontab and startup scripts. That's is, > just some very basic things. > > Unfortunatelly most Linux distributions tend to implement most basic > things most differently. So we need these kind of adjustments in > the bootstap package (called 'openpkg' itself) for every different > implementation. > > So I guess, currently adding users and groups and registering in > /etc/openpkg will work under Arch Linux. Altering system crontab and > hooking into startup script mechanism will fail. > > So if you can life with the limitations, that cron jobs of OpenPKG > packages and automatic starting of daemons will not work, you can check > out OpenPKG of course. If you provide as with information and/or patches > how to implement the missing functionality we would be happy to add Arch > Linux support to OpenPKG. > > -- > christoph schug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ______________________________________________________________________ > The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org > User Communication List [email protected] > -- Mr Green Linux User ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org User Communication List [email protected]
