Re: [SLUG] Re: Re: Distro Layout / Config Standards (was Re: Debian)

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 06:27:12PM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 08:28:40AM +0000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > 
> > The recommended way to disable a daemon (say xdm) is by editing
> > /etc/init.d/xdm and putting an "exit 0" at the top.  This file is
> > a conffile and will be kept intact between pakcage upgrades.
> 
> Really? update-rc.d no good?

It's certainly what I've been trying to push :) update-rc.d will work
if you leave some links around.  But if you choose the K links then you
may get error messages on shutdown.  If you take out all links
update-rc.d will promptly put them back.
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