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Author: Didier Kryn
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] rc.local removed from Debian 9, rly?
Le 19/11/2017 à 20:32, Arnt Karlsen a écrit :
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 18:52:13 +0100, Didier wrote in message
> <e9d16729-5c83-da1a-0178-820c5f6780aa@???>:
>
>> Le 19/11/2017 à 15:10, Jaromil a écrit :
>>> hi all
>>>
>>> Can anyone clarify how /etc/rc.local is being removed in Debian 9?
>>>
>>     Dunno how difficult it is to re-create rc.local functionality
>> under Systemd dictature, but, when init is sysvinit, this doesn't
>> look like a diffcult problem. Therefore, don't care (-:
>>
>>         Didier
> ..looks like we are _the_ /etc/rc.local back-up distro. ;o)
>
> ..I did a wee razzia, it's been quietly gone for quite a while,
> maybe since the 2014 systemd coup in Debian:
> rir:~# dpkg -S /etc/rc.local
> dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /etc/rc.local
> rir:~# ll /etc/rc.local
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 306 Jun 6 2012 /etc/rc.local
> rir:~# cat /etc/rc.local
> #!/bin/sh -e
> #
> # rc.local
> #
> # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
> # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
> # value on error.
> #
> # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
> # bits.
> #
> # By default this script does nothing.
>
> exit 0
> rir:~#
>
> ..<snip 4 ditto boxes>.
>
> ..found it on a live usb in a laptop with a broken screen:
> arnt@d44:~$ ssh -Y root@192.168.1.146
> Password:
> [root@localhost ~]# dpkg -S /etc/rc.local
> -bash: dpkg: command not found
> [root@localhost etc]# uptime
> 20:10:18 up 195 days, 8:06, 2 users, load average: 0.31, 0.09, 0.03
> [root@localhost ~]# mc
> [root@localhost etc]# man rpm
> [root@localhost etc]# rpm -qf /etc/rc.local
> initscripts-9.25-19pclos2014
> [root@localhost etc]#
>
> ..we have _some_ competition... ;o)
>

~$ apt-file search /etc/rc.local
fai-doc: /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/examples/simple/files/etc/rc.local/FAISERVER

~$ apt-file search init.d/rc.local
initscripts: /etc/init.d/rc.local

Conclusion: initscripts profides the infrastructure to invoke
/etc/rc.local if it exists, but it doesn't provide an empty /etc/rc.local.

    Didier