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Updated documentation to be more relevant to modern (2018)

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Updated copyright notice.
Fixed start-stop-daemon.c so that it will compile.
Updated install instructions.
Removed references to "obsolete" directory which, fittingly,
no longer exists.
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Propaganda for version 2.58 of sysvinit & utilities
Propaganda for version 2.89 of sysvinit & utilities
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NOTE: If you use a standard distribution like Slackware, Debian
or Redhat there probably is no need to upgrade. Installing sysvinit
NOTE: If you use a standard distribution like Slackware, Devuan
or Gentoo there probably is no need to upgrade. Installing sysvinit
is only for those that upgrade their system by hand or for people
that create Linux distributions.
Sysvinit is probably the most widely used init package for Linux.
Most distributions use it. sysvinit 2.4 is really a good package,
and it was not the need for bugfixes but the need for more features
SysV init was probably the most widely used init package for Linux.
Most distributions once used it. sysvinit 2.4 was really a good package,
and it was not the need for bug fixes but the need for more features
that made me work on sysvinit again.
Sysvinit is now a debian package. Debian source packages are not
SysV init is now a Debian package. Debian source packages are not
special in any way -- in fact you can just unpack and compile
it on any other Linux distribution.
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The sysvinit package includes
* a sysv compatible /sbin/init program
* a SysV compatible /sbin/init program
* a telinit program (er, just a link to /sbin/init) to change runlevels
* a featureful shutdown
* halt and reboot to assist shutdown
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* the wall & mesg programs (not installed by default)
* manpages for everything
The new sysv init can be found on:
The new SysV init can be found on:
tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/sbin as sysvinit-2.58-1.tar.gz
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Daemons as sysvinit-2.58-1.tar.gz
It will be moved there in a few days, in the mean time it is
probably in the Incoming directory.
Mike. (02-Jan-1996)
http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/sysvinit/