Re: Improvement Linux startup script

I will need a diff -c, context diff, to apply this.

> Hello,
>
> The linux startup script contrib/start-scripts/linux in PostgreSQL
> 7.1.2 can be made easier to install by adding a few comment lines:
>
> diff /usr/local/src/postgresql-7.1.2/contrib/start-scripts/linux
> /etc/init.d/postgresql
> 2a3,5
> > # chkconfig: 2345 98 02
> > # description: PostgreSQL RDBMS
> >
> 15c18,19
> < # Or check out the chkconfig program, if you have it.
> ---
> > # Or, if you have chkconfig, simply:
> > # chkconfig --add postgresql
>
> Tested on Red Hat Linux 7.1 with PostgreSQL 7.1.2.
>
> Relevant part of the chkconfig man page:
>
> :RUNLEVEL FILES
> :       Each service which should be manageable by chkconfig needs
> :       two or more commented lines added to  its  init.d  script.
> :       The  first line tells chkconfig what runlevels the service
> :       should be started in by default, as well as the start  and
> :       stop  priority  levels.  If  the  service  should  not, by
> :       default, be started in any runlevels, a - should  be  used
> :       in  place of the runlevels list.  The second line contains
> :       a description for the service, and may be extended  across
> :       multiple lines with backslash continuation.
> :
> :       For example, random.init has these three lines:
> :       # chkconfig: 2345 20 80
> :       # description: Saves and restores system entropy pool for \
> :       #              higher quality random number generation.
> :       This says that the random script should be started in lev?
> :       els 2, 3, 4, and 5, that its start priority should be  20,
> :       and  that  its  stop priority should be 80.  You should be
> :       able to figure out what the description says; the \ causes
> :       the line to be continued.  The extra space in front of the
> :       line is ignored.
>
> Regards,
> Ren? Pijlman
>
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