[Info-vax] Logging systartup_vms.com progress to operator.log VMS 7.3-2

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-10-15, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> (no quote as this is not really a reply to a specific post)
>
> WTF are people doing in their SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM ??
>
> To me it needs 5-10 lines for VMS stuff and 5-20 lines
> for application stuff.
>
> And it is mostly just lines like:
>
> $ @somedisk:[somedir]something_startup.com
>

What happens when something is uninstalled and someone has to remember
to reverse the manual changes ?

Or what if you would like a way to disable a service at startup without
having to manually edit the startup files ?

> I don't see a need for a database or anything else
> advanced.
>

You need it when you start thinking in terms of package management.

In addition to the above examples, what about dependency management
where one package depends on another ?

> These lines are easy to find and easy to read/modify
> using a plain editor.
>
> Why complicate something that can be simple.
>

Because it's not as simple as it looks.

That's why every other normal operating system still around (including
Windows) has a proper package manager built into it.

Simon.

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