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<pre>Package: sysv-rc
Version: 2.88dsf-13
Severity: wishlist
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The README file in /etc/rc2.d is a bit confusing to a newcomer:<br>
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<pre>To disable a service in this runlevel, rename its script in this
directory so that the new name begins with a 'K' and a two-digit
number, and run 'update-rc.d script defaults' to reorder the scripts
according to dependencies.
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One might assume (as I did) that the command "update-rc.d script
defaults" is meant to be entered verbatim, which gives the following
error:<br>
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<pre>update-rc.d: error: unable to read /etc/init.d/script
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Once you know that "script" is meant to be replaced by the name of
an individual script, then the error of course makes sense, but
until then, it's a bit confusing. (Another user had the same
confusion:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://aptosid.de/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=printview&t=370&start=0">http://aptosid.de/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=printview&t=370&start=0</a>).<br>
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For starters, it would be clearer to put the word "script" in angle
brackets: "update-rc.d <script> defaults". Giving a concrete
example would make it still clearer.<br>
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-- John Lindgren<br>
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<pre>-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages sysv-rc depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36 Debian configuration management sy
ii insserv 1.14.0-2 Tool to organize boot sequence usi
ii sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13 System-V-like utilities
Versions of packages sysv-rc recommends:
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
Versions of packages sysv-rc suggests:
pn bum <none> (no description available)
pn sysv-rc-conf <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
sysv-rc/unable-to-convert:
sysv-rc/convert-legacy: true
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