Need "rc.local", Ubuntu doesn't have one

[Bob Nielsen]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 11:30:10PM +0200, Ville Vainio wrote:
> (This is a repost as an actual member of the mailing list)
> 
> Many distros have /etc/init.d/rc.local (place to put stuff that you want
> to run at *end* of boot process, think of it as a kind of autoexec.bat),
> and it would be great in Ubuntu too. Creating symlinks manually is mucho
> pain, and I was advised that update-rc.d isn't to be used by
> flesh-and-blood users (because it reverts the changes hone manually on
> next update), contrary to what a lot of the world seems to think,
> including the first google hit:
> 
> http://www.desktop-linux.net/debian-rclocal.htm
> 
> Tell me that the idea is worthwhile, and I'll file a bugzilla report.
> 

If you add a new file (such as rc.local) to /etc/init.d and run
update-rc.d, it won't be affected by a future update, since no packages
contain that file.  I do this all the time.  Where you get into trouble 
is making changes to files installed by packages, although there are 
ways to handle it cleanly.