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From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] init.d problem
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:26:44
Message-Id: 20060705121845.GA23393@nibiru.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] init.d problem by Roy Marples
1 * Roy Marples <uberlord@g.o> schrieb:
2
3 <snip>
4
5 > However, with baselayout-1.12 we intercept calls to start-stop-daemon
6 > and store information about what was started (binary, pidfile) so
7 > when root then does "/etc/init.d/foo status" we check to see if all
8 > the binaries are still running. If not then we do an "/etc/init.d/foo stop"
9 > behind the scenes.
10
11 Sounds good to me. So an regular "<init-scipt> status" (ie. via cron)
12 will fix the stuff. Maybe status && start would be suited for bringing
13 up died services automatically, if it always gives proper exit codes.
14
15 When will it the new baselayout be ready ?
16
17 > But some init scripts don't use start-stop-daemon, like sshd.
18 > These scripts will need to be re-working around start-stop-daemon.
19
20 Okay. I could add a low-priority bug to all packages running at my
21 site not yet using start-stop-daemon and maybe submit an patch.
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23
24 cu
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