On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 15:15, R. DuFresne wrote: > perhaps on redhat and debian, and maybe suse systems that have moved away > from the standard upon which linux was formed, namely bsd. linux has no roots in *BSD. linux uses the concepts of run levels; wheres *BSD does not. run levels are a concept taken from System V style systems like Solaris 2.x+. > Those dists > that retain their bsd layouts have no /etc/init.d directory, everything > lies under /etc/rc.d/. They also lack the red-hat layout of a > /etc/sysconfig/ directory. And it's a shame things are seperating out in > the linux world like this as many of the tools and toys bewing created > either conform to the new redhat layouts or follow older established > standards. Thus, some tools that have been coming out the past few years > are only good under redhat or debian or suse, and fail to function if they > compile at all, without being hacked prior to a make, and sometimes my > skills are not enough to hack them into compiling at all uunder a > different, more standard dist. <sigh> the linux standards base is an attempt to address your concerns: http://www.linuxbase.org/ my guess is that the /etc/sysconfig/ concept will be part of it (if it's not already--i haven't read through the whole thing). -j -- "Another day, another box of stolen pens." --The Simpsons
