Bug#673207: /etc/default/rcS is perhaps a better place for FANCYTTY variable
Didier Raboud <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.lsb |
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| Organization | Debian - The Universal OS |
| Message-ID | <201205302247.46568.odyx__30123.6768406399$1338411811$gmane$org@debian.org> |
reopen 673207 found 673207 4.1+Debian6 thanks > > Hmm; now that I think of it, it would be possible to simply have > > /etc/default/rcS ship an empty (or even commented) FANCYTTY= definition > > and let /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh untouched: if an admin added a FANCYTTY > > definition to his /e/lsb-base-logging.sh, then it would simply continue > > to work; if he hasn't too and future users would be pointed at /e/d/rcS. > > Nice. > > Sounds ideal. And by default all values in /e/d/rcS are commented, at > least in current (experimental) versions. > > So as discussed on #debian-devel, I'll do the following in initscripts: > - make /etc/default/rcS a conffile > - add FANCYTTY > - add FANCYTTY to rcS(5) #675162, #675197 and #675239 (all due the way #673207 was fixed) and a test install of the initscripts from experimental (which prompted be for changes in /e/d/rcS despite not having changed it, IIRC) made me change my mind; I have now reverted the sourcing of /etc/default/rcS for the FANCYTTY variable in the 4.1+Debian6 upload. Sorry for the mess, OdyX