note about packaging init scripts

[Tim Powers]

On Mar 10, 2005, at 3:56 PM, Nils Philippsen wrote:
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>
> Don't "PreReq:" (which gets treated like a simple "Requires:" IIRC), 
> use
> "Requires(pre):" and for that matter "Requires(post):" as well. Don't 
> do
> this:
>
> Requires(pre,post): /sbin/chkconfig
>
> but do that instead:
>
> Requires(pre): /sbin/chkconfig
> Requires(post): /sbin/chkconfig

Every time I see this I get confused. jbj: please tell us whether or 
not we should be doing this. I remember the stone-age when it was 
introduced, abused, and we were told not to do this anymore. What's the 
current recommendation?
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Tim Powers
Technical Lead, Release Engineering
Red Hat, Inc.