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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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> 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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> 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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You get upgraded for free :) |
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Roy Marples <uberlord@g.o> |
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Gentoo/Linux Developer (baselayout, networking) |
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