Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: sysvinit-2.60 | Date | Thu, 30 May 1996 03:08:14 +0200 (MET DST) |
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In article <199605291352.IAA00204@andrewes>, Andrew C. Esh <andrewes@andrewes.cnt.com> wrote: >Andrew E. Mileski writes: > > > > > > I upgraded my old Slackware system to sysvinit-2.60, and now shutdown > > > sends init a runlevel 6, so get shoved into X every time I try to > > > Ctrl-Alt-Del! Also, "init S" puts me in runlevel 5. "init 1" seems to > > > work right, except that I need to do a killall5 afterward, or all my > > > daemons hang around. > > > > > <snip> > > > Is this weird or what? > > > > It is perfectly NORMAL, as you have not updated your rc scripts, > > or inittab. This is actually explained in the docs. > >Now that I have been through this a little, with some feedback like >this, and from others, I realize what is wrong. Thank you. I would >like to point out that there is no mention in any document which comes >in sysvinit-2.60-1.tar.gz about any changes to the rc scripts. I >grepped, and read everything.
Hmm. The install file *does* mention that this release works for Debian and RedHat, and _might_ work for Slackware 3.0 if you just drop the binaries in. It doesn't say that it works for other versions does it?
> There is a mention of the addition of >manpages for rc.boot.and rc.local, but no such manpages are included.
It's mentioned in the changelog and that is specifically targetted at Debian. If you bothered too look in the debian/ directory you would have found them.
>Someone else told me that this is a userspace problem, and therefor >should not be discussed on this kernelspace-oriented list.
And that persion was right.
>I am >discussing this here because I saw sysvinit-2.60 suggested here as a >solution to some problems, and in Documentation/Changes, on line 33 >(1.99.7), the version of SysVinit shown is 2.60. This means that any >Slackware user in my situation will have the same problems when they >start using SysVinit, as suggested.
Yup. But when 2.0 comes out, I suggest everyone to upgrade to a distribution that supports the 2.0 kernel natively, as you will undoubtedly run into more problems. If you do not {want to|cannot} understand this, I suggest that you do not upgrade at all and stick to a working system (if it ain't broke, dont't fix it!)
>When Linux 2.0 comes out, that >could wind up being quite a few whiney users. Maybe we should update >the sysvinit package so that it includes more documentation, and a >directory full of example rc scripts.
For outdated distributions? Even though mcc was the first "real" Linux distribution (0.99.10, wasn't it?) I saw, I don't want to supply scripts for that now. That's the job of a DISTRIBUTION MAINTAINER. And yes, I am one of those. For Debian. FYI, RedHat has a sysvinit 2.60 RPM out. Does Slackware have a 2.60 update yet? If not, bug _them_, not me!
> If I'd has those, you folks >would never have heard from me (about this, at least :).
I will release a 2.62 that will mention _specifically_ what is supported, what not and how to work around it. The README file will be a bit more neutral in tone than this post though, no worries ;)
> > > > If you'd like some workable SysV scripts, just holler at me.
I just mailed you ;)
> >Thanks to some suggestions from Robert O'Kane, I have a workable >system. I really would like to drastically upgrade or even replace my >rc scripts, though. They are way old.
Ah! You got it! complain to SlackWare...
> If it's not too much trouble, >could you send me some (all) of yours? Is there or should we make a >package available on TSX or Sunsite which contains SysV rc scripts? If >there were such a thing, I would be glad to take the time to help the >inrush of complaining Slackware users find it.
Believe me - if there was a drop-in solution, I would include it. It's just that I don't use slackware myself, otherwise I would have come with a compatible solution. Now I leave it in the hands of the distribution maintainer.
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