Leszek Matok (Lam(a)Lam.pl) said:
I still don't get why "sendmail" is good for package
name and an init.d
script name and "apache" is not. Sendmail is an MTA and I should start
any MTA using for example "service smtpd start".
Leads to file conflicts.
Apache HTTP Server
(see, it even doesn't contain "HTTPD" in its name!) is HTTP daemon, but
not the only one out there, so while "service httpd start" looks good,
the package name isn't good at all.
httpd is required as part of the apache trademark stuff, IIRC.
Alternatively, can't something like /etc/alternatives be used if
many
httpds/mtas/whatever are installed? Or even a multi-daemon system, where
I have one /etc/init.d/httpd which can start any number of http daemons
using their init scripts if they are configured
(like /etc/init.d/network starts many interfaces depending on their
configuration)?
Alternatives should be used less, not more. :)
Bill