section 4 of the Gentoo handbook contains a section on writing init scripts which I have included below. There is no mention of the intermediate option of using local.start and local.stop as alternatives. I suggest the following paragraph be added after the first paragraph included below (or something similar): [begin new verbiage] In addition, if there is simply something to run a startup and/or shutdown, the item can be added to /etc/conf.d/local.start and/or /etc/conf.d/local.stop files. These configuration files contain instructions for their use. [end new verbiage] 4.d. Writing Init Scripts Do I Have To? No, writing an init script is usually not necessary as Gentoo provides ready-to-use init scripts for all provided services. However, you might have installed a service without using Portage, in which case you will most likely have to create an init script. [insert verbiage here] Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Search for local.start and find example in a network howto but not in the handbook under initscripts. Actual Results: wasted time creating an initscript to start /sbin/gradm -E Expected Results: posted a message to the forums and a kind person pointed me to the local.start
local.{start,stop} are part of openrc
