[Slackbuilds-users] Suggestion for packages which require a startup file.

[Grissiom]

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Robert Kelsen <rkelsen at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> The proposed resolution to this issue:
>
> A simple symlink.
>
> Yes, a symlink (or series of symlinks). It can be included as part of the
> package, and is removed if a package is uninstalled.
>
> Using our TiMidity++ example above, the symlink would point to
> /etc/rc.d/rc.timidity and be located under /etc/rc.d/rc4.d.  You could
> call it S99timidity or something similar.  I chose rc4.d, because it
> makes sense that someone needing TiMidity++ would mainly use it in that
> runlevel.  It is a CLI-based tool, so you could add it to other runlevels
> too.
>

I think one negative reason not to use it is that it is _possible_
that you start the service twice. For example, a user see the script
in rc.d, and he knows that Slackware use BSD style init, so he add
something like "/etc/rc.d/rc.timidity start" in rc.local without
knowing that it is already started by the SystemV init compatible
layer. So I think if a package mean to use SystemV style init, please
drop the startup script into /etc/init.d/(which is a symlink to
/etc/rc.d/init.d) and then symlink it to /etc/rc[0-6].d. I think the
folder name says that "all the scripts under me are intended to be
SystemV style init scripts." Anyway, my statement is not official at
all ;-)

But the positive reason to use your solution is that it is simple to
end-user. Install and reboot(or manually do a startup), that's all. No
need to edit files after install and uninstall.

-- 
Cheers,
Grissiom