[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#540448: document CONCURRENCY in the rcS(5) manpage and add it to /etc/default/rcS

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Christoph Anton Mitterer]
> It seems that at least /etc/init.d/rc uses the CONCURRENCY which can
> be set in /etc/default/rcS .
>
> I'd suggest to add a line with the default value (which is none as
> far as I can tell from /etc/init.d/rc) and perhaps short
> documentation as suggested by bug #530582.... and also to add
> documentation to the rcS(5) manpage... i.e. what the CONCURRENCY
> option is used for,.. and what it's different values
> (startpar,makefile,none) mean.

It is not documented because it is an experimental feature that is
intended to change.  When it is working properly and safe to use for
everyone, I plan to make it the default and drop the option
completely.

As for adding more information in /etc/default/rcS, that is not done
to avoid dpkg conffile questions during upgrades.  I believe the best
option is to move the default settings into a non-conffile file, and
thus have only the sysadmin touch the /etc/default/rcS file.

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen