Hiya gang.
For the longest time, I thought "SysV"-style init specifically meant the
sort of init that looked like this (like on RH-based distros):
Starting some_odd_service [ OK ]
Starting doomed_to_fail_server [FAILED]
..and that Debian's init was "something else" (I didn't know a name):
Starting mail agent: exim4
Starting something else: somethingelsed
But just now, I read something that called Debian's initscripts "...a
clean implementation of SysV boot scripts..." so now I'm not so sure.
Would someone mind eplaining the difference? Furthermore, is it hard
(or possible) to put the former [ OK ]/[FAILED] -style init on a
Debian installation? Either that, or is there an aptitude for RPM-based
distributions? For me, that's the major battle between a .deb-based
distro vs. an RPM-based one. Aptitude beats yum hands-down, IMHO, but I
like the [ OK ] sort of init much better; it's cleaner to my eye.
So, if anyone can point me in the right direction to getting the best of
both worlds, I'll be eternally in your debt (or at least will buy you a
$drink). :-)
~Brian
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