The origin of _initrddir (was: Re: rawhide report: 20040229 changes)

[Matthias Saou]

Build System wrote :

> yum-2.0.5.20040224-2
> --------------------
> * Thu Feb 26 2004 Florian La Roche <Florian.LaRoche at redhat.de>
> 
> - mv /etc/init.d -> /etc/rc.d/init.d

About this one, using a macro seems to be the right way of deciding which path
to use, and I've seen _initrddir actually being used for it. Still, its name
seems strange.
I've asked on rpm-list about this, but got no answer so far. Below is that
message, in case some people here have some insight on this...

Matthias

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From: Matthias Saou
To: RPM-List <rpm-list at redhat>
Subject: The origin of _initrddir
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:51:46 +0100

Hi,

Just a quick question : I've seen %{_initrddir} used here and there in order
to abstract /etc/rc.d/init.d (or /etc/init.d), and wondered why it was named
that way, is IMHO it's quite confusing wrt the Linux kernel's initial ramdisk
which "exposes" itself in various ways, like /initrd's presence, the initrd
files in /boot and the grub/lilo lines...

Did the person who introduced _initrddir just mix them up, make a typo or
something? It would make much more sense to me if it was _initddir or
_rcdinitddir (although that one misses the point) or _servicedir or...

Just wondering.

Matthias

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