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-LSB-Bootscripts README
-
-The scripts contained in this directory are a complete rewrite of the
-boot scripts from LFS-6.1. As is usually the case with a rewrite, there have
-been many changes:
-
-LSB Version 4.1 Compliant Scripts - Immediately noticable are the LSB headers
-in the rc.d scripts themselves. Each script contains a usable header to
-allow for automating both the installation of, and determining proper
-execution order for the startup scripts. These values can also be used
-directly in parallel boot setups. Additionally, messages are displayed in
-one single write to the screen, after exit status is determined, so that
-they can be used in parallel setups. I am not sure if this was the only
-barrier to auto language translation in the previous bootscripts. Further,
-the messages are created from parts and only written to the screen in a
-single command, so maybe no help at all WRT translated boot messages.
-
-AS OF 20080907, THESE SCRIPTS REQUIRE THE initd-tools PACKAGE.
-Dan Nicholson has recently released an initd-tools package that contain
-LSB compliant install_initd and remove_initd programs written in C.
-See the INSTALL file for installation instructions.
-
-Path changes - The base directory for the bootscripts is now /etc. This is
-mostly to conform with mainstream distros. Of course, this is still
-configurable in /etc/default/rc.site. The rcsysinit.d directory has been
-removed and and replaced with the shorter rcS.d. /etc/sysconfig has been
-removed in favor of /etc/default. The network service scripts have been moved
-to /lib/network-services and the the network configuration files to
-/etc/network. Values for short, and relatively static, configuration files
-(clock and network) have been included in the rc.site file directly.
-
-Distribution Independent - this original goal for the LFS scripts has been
-stretched even further by providing both a global rc config file that
-contains (generally) static values, and a new rc.site config file to allow
-customization of messages as diplayed to the end user during the boot
-process. The format of messages printed to the screen is adjustable
-here. Other options that were available in the previous versions of the
-lfs-bootscripts, and additional options such as message format and color, are
-configurable by the /etc/sysconfig/rc.site file.
-
-Single Environment - The rc script has been rewritten completely to allow a
-single source of the boot configuration per runlevel change. This config
-is inherited from rc's environment as opposed to being sourced everytime a
-script is run. This does result in a negledgable decrease in boot time, but
-is simply better in principle.
-
-Boot Logging - The previous incarnation of the boot log didn't begin
-recording events until the root filesystem was mounted read/write. This has
-been corrected by providing the /run tempfs mount immediately after init hands
-control to the rc script. The bootlog is generated on the tempfs and then
-passed to the log file before login. Additionally, shutdown events are no
-longer recorded in the bootlog. They were pretty much useless and it really
-wasn't what I'd call a *boot* log. Boot logging is on by default and is
-configurable in the /etc/default/rc.site file via the "BOOTLOG_ENAB" parameter.
-
-Interactive Boot - This feature has been included by default, and is a
-little more polished than in previous versions. It does introduce a two
-second delay in the boot process (so that you have time to press a button
-to select interactive mode). This time value, and the option prompt itself,
-is configurable in the /etc/default/rc.site file via the "itime" and "iprompt"
-variables respectively.
-
-LSB Functions - The previous lfs-bootscripts sourced a functions file
-located at /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions. This file has been renamed
-$distro-functions to segregate it from the old. The name is configurable
-by the rc.site configuration file ("DISTRO_MINI"). LSB defined functions are
-used where possible througout the individual scripts, but the $distro-functions
-file provides, easy to use wraper functions that start, stop, reload,
-force-reload, and restart programs, evaluate the numerical LSB return values,
-and print status messages to the screen and boot log. Both distro functions and
-LSB functions are documented directly in the scritps located at
-/etc/init.d/$distro-functions and /lib/lsb/init-functions respectively.
-
-Pretier - By default, successful boot messages are prefixed with a single green
-astrik character, warning messages with two yellow astirks, and failures are
-prefixed with three red astriks. This provides a second 'quick glance' status
-when watching the boot messages fly by. Again, the prefixes are configurable
-(or completely removable) in the /etc/default/rc.site file.
-
-ConsoleLog - The sysctl script runs much earlier in the boot process, as a
-result, it negates the need for the consolelog script. Set 'kernel.printk = X'
-in your /etc/sysctl.conf file for equivalent functionality.
-
-Complete Rewrite - That doesn't mean that code wasn't reused when possible,
-so to Alexander Patrakov, Archiac, Bruce Dubbs, Bryan Kadzban, Dan Nicholson,
-Gerard Beekmans, Jeremy Huntwork, Jim Gifford, Mathias Benkmans, Matthew
-Burgess, Nathan Coulson, and countless other contributors: Thanks for the help
-and guidance.
-
-Please report any bugs to lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org.
-
-Thanks.
-
--- DJ Lucas
-dj@linuxfromscratch.org
-