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| author | David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] <dkaspar@redhat.com> | 2018-06-12 13:44:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Dee'Kej <deekej@linuxmail.org> | 2018-06-12 16:12:26 +0200 |
| commit | cf3ff3501ac0eeb151d9e15e50a9c12edce1b4f4 (patch) | |
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@@ -6,6 +6,26 @@ which are primarily used in *[Linux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux) distri * [CentOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS) * and some others as well... +Since most of the major Linux distributions have already switched to +*[systemd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd)*, the *initscripts concept* is +quite outdated nowadays. *As a result, this repository provides primarily only +the support for other initscripts that might still exist out there.* + +The above mentioned support includes e.g. the +[`/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/blob/master/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions) +or +[`/usr/sbin/service`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/blob/master/usr/sbin/service) +files. + +Another functionality this source code provides includes: + * [`network-scripts`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/tree/master/network-scripts) - **legacy** scripts for manipulating of network devices + * [`readonly-root`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/blob/master/usr/lib/systemd/readonly-root) - service for configuring the read-only root support + * [`netconsole`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/blob/master/etc/rc.d/init.d/netconsole) - service for initializing of network console logging + +For the *[RPM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rpm_(software))* based distributions +we also provide a [`specfile`](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/blob/master/initscripts.spec) +for easier packaging. + ## No longer active branches Follow the steps in our wiki - [how to access inactive branches](https://github.com/fedora-sysv/initscripts/wiki/How-to-access-inactive-branches) - |