Has this been asked?

What was Suseconfig. What did it do, and why is it gone?

Just a casual question. I’m curious.

If you know, a short basic explanation is all I need. I don’t want a long detailed answer and/or links to technical pages that will take a lot of reading.

On Wed 21 Aug 2013 12:46:01 AM CDT, Scott Swinyard wrote:

What was Suseconfig. What did it do, and why is it gone?

Just a casual question. I’m curious.

If you know, a short basic explanation is all I need. I don’t want a
long detailed answer and/or links to technical pages that will take a
lot of reading.

Hi
It’s a script and still in use on SLE, from my SLED install man page;


SuSEconfig  configures  the  system according to the variables that are set in the various "/etc/sysconfig/" files.  It uses
the subsystem specific scripts in "/sbin/conf.d/" to configure the  various  subsystems.   For  example  the  variables  in
"/etc/sysconfig/postfix"  are  evaluated  by the script "/sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.postfix".  SuSEconfig acts as a backend for
YaST2 and activates the configuration changes made by YaST2.

Reason it’s gone here -
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2012-09/msg00923.html


Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.16-desktop
up 5:32, 3 users, load average: 0.18, 0.17, 0.14
CPU AMD E2-1800@1.70GHz | GPU Radeon HD 7340