[gentoo-dev] Re: init.d-scripts don't see stuff from /etc/profile.env

[Sven Köhler]

> I've been looking into this and the only easy solution I can find is to
> move /sbin/runscript.sh to say /lib/rcscripts/sh, change it to
> source /etc/profile and then create a new /sbin/runscript.sh like so
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> /bin/env -i \
>     CONSOLETYPE="${CONSOLETYPE}" \
>     IN_BACKGROUND="${IN_BACKGROUND}" \
>     IN_HOTPLUG="${IN_HOTPLUG}" \
>     /lib/rcscripts/sh/runscript.sh $*
>
> Right away we can see that we actually do need some to keep some env
> vars and the list would be constantly updated. There's also nothing to
> stop the user from setting them and then running a script which kind of
> defeats the purpose here anyway.
>
> Personally I'm against this.I'd like to know what Azarah and Vapier
> think of this though. Others too!

most init.d-scripts have "#!/sbin/runscript" as the first line. I don't
know what it does, but could that binary perhaps clear the environment?