inittab vs. /etc/sysconfig/init for runlevel 3/5

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Thu Mar 27 14:19:02 UTC 2008


Bill Nottingham <notting <at> redhat.com> writes:
> I'm open to better ideas, though - should we ship a trimmed inittab that
> contains *only* the initdefault line? Should we introduce a new configuration
> flag somewhere else? Does it really matter in the long run?

I think the hack to parse inittab for initdefault is a better solution because 
it's backwards-compatible. What do we gain from inventing a new file with a new 
setting when we can just use the existing one?

        Kevin Kofler




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