Re: inittab vs. /etc/sysconfig/init for runlevel 3/5

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On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Ralf Ertzinger <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi.
>
>
>  On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:56:40 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>
>  > I'm open to better ideas, though - should we ship a trimmed inittab
>  > that contains *only* the initdefault line? Should we introduce a new
>  > configuration flag somewhere else? Does it really matter in the long
>  > run?
>
>  At the very least leave an inittab file that contains a note that it
>  is not used anymore. Much better than having to find out the new
>  structure on your own.
>

Dear god yes.. and we will probably still have every sysadmin, book,
and out-of-fedora package that places stuff in /etc/inittab for serial
ports, etc yell every 2 seconds on fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx, etc that
Fedora-9 borked their setup.


-- 
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"

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