As a user who uses Funtoo almost ubiquitously on servers and workstations, and loves it dearly, I just can't get used to a couple of things. Hope we can talk these over.
First point that's been bugging me for a long time is when an installation or update modifies my runlevels. It's pretty annoying and on my systems, the only person who alters a runlevel should be me.
All I'm asking is for is a way to be able to prevent runlevel modification. I'm cool when the default stays like how it is now. But I need to divert from the default. Maybe a setting in rc.conf or make.conf? Maybe some confirmation step like we have dispatch-conf for config file alteration?
For example, I just installed a postfix update on a server and it added postfix to the default runlevel. But what if I don't want that? Maybe I'm using stacked runlevels. Or maybe I have an 'online' runlevel and an 'offline' runlevel. Right now I don't have a choice in the matter.
Same with /etc/init.d/hostname. If there's one init script I abhor... :ph34r: This one even alters /etc/hosts. The audacity!
Alright, that's a strong word. But still. I just need a way more simple hostname script that just sets the hostname via /bin/hostname and leave it at that. I tried to create my own replacement init script for that, for example /etc/init.d/myhostname, but when I update openrc... BAM the default script is added right back to the default runlevel.
Guys, this should not happen. There are other examples. Lvm for instance. What if I don't use lvm? "Then there shouldn't be a problem." No, there is a problem because I don't have a choice and need to pay extra attention.
The current way I'm working around runlevel modification is by creating a copy of /etc/runlevels, and after updating or whatever, setting that copy back. And for good measure I make a copy of /etc/hosts. Or I lock it by using chattr +i. Yeah that last option sucks. But it's what users do when a file keep sbeing changed. So the extra steps I need to take to make sure that my own post-installation modifications stay in place, are growing. Hope this is something we can discuss, because all I'm really asking for is more versatility. :)
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