Re: [gentoo-user] Adding dependencies in init scripts

[Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>]

On 14 Feb 2010, at 11:56, Damian wrote:
> Hi Dirk,
>
>> In your first post you stated that you want to have both started,  
>> right? But
>> "after" is about order, not dependency. I'd say you need to put
>>
>> rc_need="mpd"
>>
>> into /etc/conf.d/mpdscrible and put mpdscrible into default  
>> runlevel, not mpd.
> I understand, but that isn't what I want, because when I boot up, I
> don't always start up mpd.

So don't put either of them into the default runlevel. The point is to  
get one of them to start when the other does.

>> Maybe a combination of both
>>
>> rc_after="mpdscrible"
>> rc_need="mpdscrible"
>>
>> in /etc/conf.d/mpd could also work.
> That's the problem. No matter what I put in  /etc/conf.d/mpd the init
> script seems to ignore it. Even if I write
>    rc_need="more money"
> it will be ignored. Although the config file is read when I restart  
> mpd.

Is it possible that you & Dirk are using different versions of  
baselayout?

$ grep rc_need /etc/init.d/*
$ grep rc_need /etc/conf.d/*
$ eix -I baselayout
[I] sys-apps/baselayout
      Available versions:  [P]1.11.15-r3 1.12.11.1 ~1.12.12 1.12.13  
~2.0.0 ~2.0.1 {bootstrap build static unicode}
      Installed versions:  1.12.13(03:11:46 09/02/10)(unicode - 
bootstrap -build -static)
      Homepage:            http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description:         Filesystem baselayout and init scripts

$

Stroller.