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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements)
Date: 9 Jan 2002 15:26:49 -0800
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Followup to:  <20020109165658.A31246@thyrsus.com>
By author:    "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Andreas Ferber <aferber@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>:
> > Then add an init script and include installation of it to the
> > installation steps of your autoconfigurator (it has to be installed
> > anyway). If a distributor packages your program, he will include the
> > init script into his package and enable it according to his init
> > policy, or write an own init script, if your provided one doesn't
> > fit.
> > 
> > That's the way it works for network daemons etc. for years.
> 
> This sounds like good advice.  The autoconfigurator is part of CML2,
> which I expect to be distributed with the kernel.  Does that change 
> your advice at all?
> 

The program at hand is actually dmiparse or whatever it's called.  If
dmiparse isn't available, or its input data, print an eror message.

	-hpa
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