According to Olaf Seibert:

>> For many third-party packages, there is something that needs to run
>> when the system boots, or shuts down, or (ick) at run level change.

>Speaking of which, how about an extension to cron(tabs) that allows
>users to run their jobs at boottime?

No thank you. I have enough trouble coping with silly users
when they are logged in....

But if you want it, there's nothing that stops you from doing it on
your own machine. If it proves useful, then you can contribute the
sources. :-)

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