inittab vs. /etc/sysconfig/init for runlevel 3/5

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 02:53:31PM +0100, Ralf Ertzinger wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:56:40 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> 
> > I'm open to better ideas, though - should we ship a trimmed inittab
> > that contains *only* the initdefault line? Should we introduce a new
> > configuration flag somewhere else? Does it really matter in the long
> > run?
> 
> At the very least leave an inittab file that contains a note that it
> is not used anymore. Much better than having to find out the new
> structure on your own.

Yes, it should have a comment pointing to /etc/sysconfig/init. And on a
related note where can you configure the starting of mingetty/agettty
processes for serial consoles / text consoles, and where do you override
the default C-A-D handling ?

Dan.
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