[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#546401: sysvinit/sysv-rc drops support for /etc/rc.boot

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

reassign 546401 sysv-rc
found 546401 2.87dsf-3
severity 546401 wishlist
retitle 546401 sysv-rc: Please reintroduce support for /etc/rc.boot
thanks

[Craig Sanders]
> where [...] else am i supposed to put such scripts?

To quote the content of the last version of rc.boot(5) manual page:

  The /etc/rc.boot directory is obsolete. It has been superseded by
  the /etc/rcS.d directory. At boot time, first the /etc/rcS.d
  directory is scanned and then, for backwards compatibility, the
  /etc/rc.boot directory.

Put the scripts in /etc/init.d/ and symlink them from rcS.d/.

The feature has been obsolete for 10 years, the manual page have
stated it for a long time, and I believe it is about time this
obsolete feature go away, to reduce the amount of cruft in the
sysvinit package.

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen