On Sat, 05 Jul 2014 19:30:06 -0400
Sam Varshavchik <mrsam(a)courier-mta.com> wrote:
R. G. Newbury writes:
>>
>> That at least works up to the day systemd decides
>> no one needs rc.local and they drop support for
>> it (a day that is sure to come :-).
>
> Direct support for rc.local has already been "deprecated".
> Somewhere I read something from Lennart and it was clear that he
> has an almost religious hatred for doing things 'the old way', so
> much so that rc.local is not 'desired'.
I got the same impression. If it worked, reliably, for decades, it's
not desired any more.
I'd love a cite if you can find one... I don't know of any reason it
would ever be removed. It doesn't run or do anything if you don't have
an rc.local file.
kevin