Re: [TCLUG:14453] Removing a Process

[Chewie <chewie@wookimus.net>]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 09:06:55AM -0600, Ben Kochie wrote:
> bootup control scripts are normaly distribution specific.  each one uses
> it's own method of control.  redhat has some of the most overly
> complicated scripts in existance.  mostly due to the linuxconf stuff

Debian sports the 'update-rc.d' script for adding or removing the symbolic
links in the respective /etc/rc?.d directories.  The nice thing about little
scripts like these is that it saves you from having to type in repeated 'cd
/etc/rcS.d/' 'ln -s /..... ...' etc.  I will agree, however, that linuxconf
adds a layer of complication to the configuration of a linux machine that you
simply do not need.  

Why it doesn't simply use the configuration files of the respective programs is
beyond me.  Linuxconf is supposed to be the one-stop-shop for configuration,
and thus it needs to save it's own version of software configuration files.
This abstract leads to more broken things than not, IMHO.  If you wanted a
common UI for configuring software packages, create a dialogue to change the
software's native configuration file rather than saving the setting in an
intermediate.  For each new software program, add a new configuration UI
module using the same principal.

-- 
^chewie

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