[systemd-devel] getty at .service.m4 and serial-getty at .service.m4

Tollef Fog Heen tfheen at err.no
Sun Nov 14 11:00:59 PST 2010


]] Kay Sievers 

| On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 19:49, Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen at err.no> wrote:
| > ]] Kay Sievers
| >
| > | /etc/rc.local should not be in the default setup, it's legacy only
| > | some distros did, and it does not make much sense in the systemd
| > | context, especially not to run an empty shell script. :)
| >
| > It's less legacy and more «stuff lazy sysadmins put there».  From my own
| > boxes I have stuff like «load the right IR keytable» for my HTPC and
| > «adjust the fan speed and turn on the power led» for my NAS box.
| >
| > Sure, I could put that in a unit file instead, but not supporting
| > rc.local is annoying for people.
| 
| Sure, I just meant we should not put it into the default systemd
| setup, which would end up also on boxes which never had that before.
| It should just be in the distro package if it's needed.

Ok, that works fine for me. :-)

Regards,
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Tollef Fog Heen
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