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

[Luk Claes]

Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> 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   The /etc/rc.boot directory is obsolete. It has been superseded by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.

Please open a bug against release-notes for this.

Cheers

Luk