[gentoo-dev] rc-update interface

[gentoo-dev] rc-update interface

[Christopher Harvey]

I ran cat /sbin/rc-update and the script is copyright gentoo foundation,
so I'm asking here if there is a programmatic interface to the script.
I'd rather avoid parsing ascii to try to interpret the rc-update state.
(This is for work on ventoo for gsoc)
Thanks.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] rc-update interface

[Petteri Räty]

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On 05/09/2010 01:22 PM, Christopher Harvey wrote:
> I ran cat /sbin/rc-update and the script is copyright gentoo foundation,
> so I'm asking here if there is a programmatic interface to the script.
> I'd rather avoid parsing ascii to try to interpret the rc-update state.
> (This is for work on ventoo for gsoc)
> Thanks.
> 

Take a look at what openrc offers. In general when developing things you
should be looking at the status in ~arch instead of stable. In operc
rc-update is binary:

$ file /sbin/rc-update
/sbin/rc-update: symbolic link to `rc'

$ file /sbin/rc
/sbin/rc: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, stripped

Regards,
Petteri


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Re: [gentoo-dev] rc-update interface

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Sunday 09 May 2010 06:22:55 Christopher Harvey wrote:
> I ran cat /sbin/rc-update and the script is copyright gentoo foundation,
> so I'm asking here if there is a programmatic interface to the script.
> I'd rather avoid parsing ascii to try to interpret the rc-update state.

there is no library or hooks for things.  openrc's output can be made terse 
for parsing, but if you need something more, file a bug report describing your 
needs and goals.
-mike

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