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

[Georgi Georgiev]

maillog: 24/08/2005-11:04:42(+0100): Roy Marples types
> On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 17:27 +0900, Georgi Georgiev wrote:
> > > uberpc init.d # ./test start
> > >  * Starting service test
> > > LANG=en_GB.utf8
> > > LANGUAGE=en_GB.utf8
> > >     set | grep LANG
> > >  * Service test started OK
> >
> > Try unsetting the variable in your own shell first.
> >
> > lion init.d # /etc/init.d/test restart
> > LANG=en_US.utf8
> >     set | grep LANG
> > lion init.d # LANG=C /etc/init.d/test restart
> > LANG=C
> >     set | grep LANG
> > lion init.d # env -u LANG /etc/init.d/test restart
> >     set | grep LANG
> >                 \
>
> Um, that's kinda like behaviour by design unless anyone can tell me
> otherwise.
>
> /etc/env.d/* just set shell variables, so if you change one then you
> need to
>
> env-update
> source /etc/profile
> /etc/init.d/thisdaemon restart
>
> To refresh the daemon that needs the vars

The init script will not see those variables when it is run by /sbin/rc
which is in turn run by init which is what happens on boot. The
environment is empty then, and if you want to reproduce it accurately
for your tests, you should do:

	env -i /etc/init.d/test restart

It does see variables in /etc/rc.conf though:

lion ~ # echo LANGTEST=testme >> /etc/rc.conf
lion ~ # env -i /etc/init.d/test restart
 * Caching service dependencies ...                                                                        [ ok ]
LANGTEST=testme
    set | grep LANG

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