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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Debian Project News - December 2nd, 2008
From:       "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03 () volumehost ! net>
Date:       2008-12-02 21:29:01
Message-ID: 200812021529.01607.bss03 () volumehost ! net
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On Tuesday 02 December 2008, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> 
wrote about 'Re: Debian Project News - December 2nd, 2008':
>On Tue,02.Dec.08, 12:34:27, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>> The linked mail makes reference to the "insserv" package.  Is that
>> package required to get a dependency-based boot sequence?  Is that
>> package sufficent to get a dependency-base boot sequence?
>>
>> I ask because I'd like to start testing it on both my desktop (Lenny)
>> and laptop
>> (Etch[Base]/Etch-Backports/Lenny[Mostly]/Sid/Experimental[1]).
>
>I wouldn't recommend trying it on anything earlier than Lenny, some of
>the necessary info in the initscripts may be missing. OTOH I think
>insserv will warn about this.

If I run into any such warnings, I can "just" upgrade the package to Lenny, 
which is fine.  If that fails to fix the problem, I know where the BTS 
receives mail.

>Additionally you might want to try using dash as /bin/sh
>(dpkg-reconfigure dash).

Actually, I've been doing that for.. a while.  I never got bit by any of 
the bashism bugs.  In any case, that was something I knew I could handle 
fixing is I *did* run into a bug.  I'm not as comfortable with 
dependency-based init systems, but if the devs are calling it done I'm 
willing to try it out.

I'm assuming the answer to both of the questions is "yes"?  (Two *useful* 
replies, but no definitive answers.)
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