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diff --git a/source/a/sysvinit-functions/README.functions b/source/a/sysvinit-functions/README.functions new file mode 100644 index 000000000..005012f3c --- /dev/null +++ b/source/a/sysvinit-functions/README.functions @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ + +If you're reading this in /etc/init.d/, Slackware's real init directory is +/etc/rc.d/. Maybe you already knew this, but it never hurts to say. :-) + +This script was taken from Fedora (and is presumably licensed under the GPL). +While I don't see Slackware init scripts making much use of it (but use it +if you wish), some third party init scripts (such as for commercial software +designed to run on Red Hat based systems) expect this script and use it in +their own init scripts, so it's a good idea to make it available here. + +These functions are provided solely for commercial (or other) software that +expects to find "Red Hat-isms". I wouldn't use them to write new init +scripts (personally), but if you've had experience with them in the past +and like them, by all means feel free. + +It's planned to continue support for them. + |