[plug] re opening linuxconf

Christian christian at amnet.net.au
Fri May 4 14:46:29 WST 2001


On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 02:35:57PM +0800, Beau Kuiper wrote:
 
> Until distributions decide to get their hands onto the scripts, where they 
> install dozens of the buggers and send the tendrals of the scripts all over 
> the filesystem. 

Huh?  Send the "tendrals" all over the filesystem?  The scripts and
their links are all kept in a number of well-defined directories under
/etc.

> And I absolutely hate it when programs attempt to auto install the stupid 
> SysV scripts on my slackware system. I find it highly offensive that a 
> program decides it should be automaticly started whenever I turn the computer 
> on. I would rather decide on that myself.

If you're so easily offended then maybe you should install programs
yourself by hand?  After all, that's pretty much the responsiblity you
accept by using Slackware.

> Anyway, I love my slackware and its very simple BSD scripts.

Heh, glad someone does. 

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