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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can no longer use symlinks in /etc/init.d with openrc-0.9.8.4 ?
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:11:19
Message-Id: CAA2qdGUfAu2jG42Hr1LJB453ma-vxv5DwMV_CY2HfY-VEL=rXA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Can no longer use symlinks in /etc/init.d with openrc-0.9.8.4 ? by Willie Matthews
1 On Feb 16, 2012 2:01 PM, "Willie Matthews" <matthews.willie@×××××.com>
2 wrote:
3 >
4 > On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:24:45 +0700
5 > Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
6 >
7 > > I am wondering if any of you had experienced the same difficulty as
8 > > me:
9 > >
10 > > A couple of days ago, I upgraded openrc from (whatever version it was
11 > > previously) to 0.9.8.4.
12 > >
13 > > One of the scripts in /etc/init.d was a symlink
14 > > to /opt/some/package/path
15 > >
16 > > (To be precise, /etc/init.d/gatewall ->
17 > > /opt/wallmator/initscripts/gentoo/gatewall.init)
18 > >
19 > > ((wallmator is a "Firewall Automator" script I'm developing))
20 > >
21 > > This morning, I rebooted. Upon time to execute the "gatewall" script,
22 > > it complained that some settings (set through /etc/conf.d/gatewall are
23 > > not set). I double-checked the settings it complained; yep, they are
24 > > there in /etc/conf.d/gatewall.
25 > >
26 > > I tried `/etc/init.d/gatewall start`, no luck. It still complains of
27 > > some vital non-optional settings not being set.
28 > >
29 > > So, I replaced the symlink:
30 > >
31 > > cd /etc/init.d
32 > > mv gatewall gatewall.old
33 > > cp /opt/wallmator/initscripts/gentoo/gatewall.init gatewall
34 > >
35 > > And tried again `/etc/init.d/gatewall start` ... it worked!!
36 > >
37 > > So I tried `shutdown -r now` ... there's joy in Mudville! The
38 > > "gatewall" initscript now properly reads the settings in
39 > > /etc/conf.d/gatewall.
40 > >
41 > > My question is: Is there a change of behavior in how openrc executes a
42 > > script in /etc/init.d/ when said script is a symlink instead of a
43 > > 'normal' file?
44 > >
45 > > PS: For this particular system, everything under / except /boot
46 > > resides in the same filesystem.
47 > >
48 > > PPS: For the contents of the "gatewall" initscript, see
49 > >
50 https://bitbucket.org/pepoluan/wallmator/src/edae2e294d07/initscript/gentoo/gatewall.init
51 > >
52 > > Rgds,
53 >
54 > I didn't have that problem and upgraded yesterday!
55 >
56
57 Hmmm... strange... I can still work around the problem, though. Just
58 manually source the relevant file in /etc/conf.d.
59
60 Thanks for the info.
61
62 Rgds,