On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 10:14:10PM -0500, Jim Wise wrote:
> Umm, couldn't having a PROVIDE clause here be useful to people
> committing other packages (or using local software) which might depend
> on samba?
> 
> Or am I missing something?

Yes, you're missing something. :-)

The samba script isn't actually started by /etc/rc, as it has a
'KEYWORDS: nostart'. The script is purely provided as convenience to 
system administrators; it's not intended to be used as part of the
automatic startup or shutdown sequence.

If another service wants to rely upon samba, it should
'REQUIRE: smbd nmbd'.

Luke.