On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Laszlo Vecsey wrote:

> Does anyone have a boot script that can gracefully run 'venus -init' at
> boot time, if 'venus' on its own has trouble starting? This can happen
> after the system hasn't been shut down normally, for example.
> 

In general, I would think this is a bad idea.  Even if venus hasn't
been shut down normally, it should still be possible to start it up
(without "-init") properly, otherwise there is a bug :)

"venus -init" is amounting to brainwiping everything on the client
cache, including those updates that the user has made and not yet
reintegrated with the server.  It should remain a major decision to be
made by the user and should not be done transparently.

-- Clement