Bug 82194

Summary:	Please switch to new-style simpleinit
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Osma Ahvenlampi <oa+redhat>
Component:	util-linux	Assignee:	Elliot Lee <sopwith>
Status:	CLOSED DEFERRED	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	8.0	CC:	mitr
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OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/boot-scripts/
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Description Osma Ahvenlampi 2003-01-19 16:11:10 UTC

Description of problem:
I was quite surprised not to find a bug regarding this already, so here goes:
Richard Gooch's simpleinit/need/provide mechanism is clearly more powerful than
the current SysVinit scheme, which is a total pain to maintain with its symlink
hell.

And not only is it cleaner, but faster too! Improving the boot time would rate
pretty high on my list (being a laptop user).

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2003-01-29 13:36:44 UTC

We're aware of simpleinit and the need for initscript dependencies, but some investigation 
showed that the benefits of changing are not yet enough to make this a high priority in the 
current grand scheme.

So, thanks for the idea, but it's not likely to get implemented horribly soon.