[TriLUG] Debian vs. Fedora start-up

[Brian Henning]

Brian McCullough wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 01:48:37PM -0400, Brian Henning wrote:
>> Hiya gang.
>>
>> For the longest time, I thought "SysV"-style init specifically meant the 
>> sort of init that looked like this (like on RH-based distros):
>>
>> Starting some_odd_service                   [  OK  ]
>> Starting doomed_to_fail_server              [FAILED]
>>
>> ..and that Debian's init was "something else" (I didn't know a name):
>>
>> Starting mail agent: exim4
>> Starting something else: somethingelsed
>>
>> But just now, I read something that called Debian's initscripts "...a 
>> clean implementation of SysV boot scripts..." so now I'm not so sure.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, I won't help much, but, I'm afraid to say, that they are
> BOTH SysV boot systems.  The "[ OK ]" is just eye-candy.  SysV init
> describes the internal workings of the boot system, not how it appears.
> 

well that's the "explanation" part, so thank you!  Now all I need to 
know is how to either get the eye-candy on a Debian system, or get 
aptitude on an RPM-based system.

~B

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