>> You could make it dependent on variables set in a global conf file.

> No thanks.   That doesn't help at all.  I want the "global conf file"
> to simply go away, while that remains the rc.d job is only half done.

It can never truly go away; the information about what needs to be done
before what under what circumstances has to be kept *somewhere*.  The
most it can do is spread out all over the place so it looks as though
it's gone away because it's not collected together in a single place.

The current rc.d paradigm begins this, by spreading some of that
information out over a bunch of PROVIDES: and REQUIRES: lines scattered
throughout rc.d/*.

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