On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 13:26 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:51:21 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > > > > cp -a /etc/init.d/foo /etc/init.d/foo-custom > > > > > chkconfig foo off > > > > > chkconfig foo-custom on > > > > This is exactly the same, %config(noreplace) would do automatically. > > > > > > Turning on a renamed service script will decouple any rpm scriptlets from > > > the service name. You don't get a condrestart and things like that for the > > > renamed service after package upgrades, for instance. Pray that the > > > modified service still restarts after an unexpected reboot (power-outage). > > How many times do I have to reiterate it? > > > > In practice, this is not an issue! > > If you want to test: Just insert a typo into an init script and imagine > > Fedora doesn't fix it with the next upgrade. > > Is this a theoretical problem? No, it's a practical problem, I've been hit by dozens of times ever since I am using Fedora/RHL. > Or has this a historical background in > bugzilla? Dunno, ATM, I feel too fed up with this topic to be wanting to waste further time on digging bugzilla for it. You are not fixing any issue nor bug by dropping %config, you are degrading usability. When it hits again, I will remind all those of you who currently are for it (You, Michael, will be the first). Ralf -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
