Which Style Init Scripts Do You Prefer?

An anonymous reader asks: "I started using Linux years ago, with a Red Hat distribution. When Red Hat's custom configurations started getting in my way, I jumped ship to Slackware. I have never looked back except that I cannot stand the BSD style init scripts. I like having a full compliment of run-levels and control on the fly over which scripts will be running, and which ones will not. That is hard to achieve, when you put multiple configurations in the same file. I also liked having the scripts around to start, stop, and restart services. While I was rewriting my own startup scripts [based on Debian's scripts], I discovered that there is a third style, based on dependencies. AFAIK this is the style adopted by Gentoo. I don't want to start a distro war; but, I am curious about what kind of init scripts Slashdot readers prefer, and what they think are the benefits of each."

Comments

Re:Sounds like a lot of trouble

[Paul d'Aoust]

okay, here in Canada, we have two official spellings: 'minimize' or 'minimise', and in the UK they go so far as to only use the second spelling. Anyway, it's sort of the pot calling the kettle black, seeing as 'grammar' is spelled with two A's.