Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] add LSB header to xen-watchdog runlevel script [and 1 more messages]

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Olaf Hering writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] add LSB header to xen-watchdog 
runlevel script"):
> On Fri, Jul 23, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Olaf Hering writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] add LSB header to xen-watchdog 
> > runlevel script"):
> > > This tells the insserv program to create a symlink in the specified
> > > runlevels. xdm for example has only '5', because X11 is only supposed to
> > > be started in runlevel 5.
> > 
> > Yes, but the question is: do we want to start the watchdog by
> > default ?  Previously we didn't.
> 
> Thats up to the packager of the binary package.
> Or do you mean there should be no runlevel script in the first place?

I meant: adding these lines would seem to be likely to cause some
systems to automatically start the watchdog when previously they would
not have done so.  I wanted to know whether that was a good idea.

Tim Deegan writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] add LSB header to xen-watchdog 
runlevel script"):
> At 17:45 +0100 on 23 Jul (1279907152), Ian Jackson wrote:
> > I don't think it's tested in our automatic tests.  Do other people
> > test and use it ?
> 
> XenServer uses it as part of its high-availability mechanism.

That's good enough for me.  I'll apply Olaf's patch.

Thanks,
Ian.

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