[nylug-talk] ubuntu looking to replace init

[Ron Guerin]

Peter C. Norton wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 01:42:04AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
>> init doesn't do that at tall.  init is designed and the OS is designed
>> to start services on initiation of the box and to change run levels.
> 
> Actually, that's the SysV-style init. I'm sure init underwent many
> changes through the years, but what you're calling the sole reason for
> being of the current init was, about 14 years ago, the new-fangled
> crap that no-one needed, because the bsd init did everything you
> needed, and sysv was stupid and too-complex and tried to accomodate
> too much silliness, like runlevels. Everyone should have just been
> happy with /etc/rc.

I was actually told this ("Everyone should have just been happy with
/etc/rc.") by the first kid I hired to help me out with some admin tasks
many moons ago.  He was at the time, a Slackware user, and not a fan of
that new-fangled stuff, and thought rc.local should be enough for
(everything and) everyone.

- Ron