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

Kay Sievers kay.sievers at vrfy.org
Sun Nov 14 10:56:38 PST 2010


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.

Kay


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