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On 11/8/06, Roy Marples <uberlord@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Monday 06 November 2006 16:53, Roy Marples wrote: |
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> > However, one issue is a concern. All baselayouts defined svcdir |
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> > in /etc/conf.d/rc which defines where we hold the state information of the |
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> > running services. This defaulted to /var/lib/init.d - which is bad as /var |
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> > could be on a different partition. |
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> > |
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> > In 1.13, we've removed the variable from /etc/conf.d/rc and it's now forced |
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> > to /lib/rcscripts/init.d which is safe as /lib is always on the same |
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> > partition as /. The 1.13 ebuild will copy across existing state data, this |
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> > is not the problem. However, downgrading back to 1.12 is a problem as |
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> > services may have been stop, started etc in the middle. |
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> > |
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> > One solution is to ensure that we only hold one copy of the state data and |
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> > move it to the new location. However, this does require altering the stable |
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> > ebuild as well. |
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> This is still an issue. |
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> What do people think - hack the 1.12 ebuilds and try and get an |
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> upgrade/downgrade path or just slap a large warning on the ebuild? |
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How about as part of the upgrade, create a symlink from |
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/var/lib/init.d to /lib/rcscripts/init.d? |
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-Richard |
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