Re: [gentoo-user] Can no longer use symlinks in /etc/init.d with openrc-0.9.8.4 ?

[Florian Philipp <lists@binarywings.net>]

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Am 16.02.2012 11:12, schrieb Pandu Poluan:
> 
> On Feb 16, 2012 3:33 PM, "J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org
> <mailto:joost@antarean.org>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, February 16, 2012 6:24 am, Pandu Poluan wrote:
>> > I am wondering if any of you had experienced the same difficulty as me:
>> >
>> > A couple of days ago, I upgraded openrc from (whatever version it was
>> > previously) to 0.9.8.4.
>> >
>> > One of the scripts in /etc/init.d was a symlink to
> /opt/some/package/path
>> >
>> > (To be precise, /etc/init.d/gatewall ->
>> > /opt/wallmator/initscripts/gentoo/gatewall.init)
>> >
>> > ((wallmator is a "Firewall Automator" script I'm developing))
>> >
>> > This morning, I rebooted. Upon time to execute the "gatewall" script,
>> > it complained that some settings (set through /etc/conf.d/gatewall are
>> > not set). I double-checked the settings it complained; yep, they are
>> > there in /etc/conf.d/gatewall.
>> >
>> > I tried `/etc/init.d/gatewall start`, no luck. It still complains of
>> > some vital non-optional settings not being set.
>> >
>> > So, I replaced the symlink:
>> >
>> > cd /etc/init.d
>> > mv gatewall gatewall.old
>> > cp /opt/wallmator/initscripts/gentoo/gatewall.init gatewall
>> >
>> > And tried again `/etc/init.d/gatewall start` ... it worked!!
>> >
>> > So I tried `shutdown -r now` ... there's joy in Mudville! The
>> > "gatewall" initscript now properly reads the settings in
>> > /etc/conf.d/gatewall.
>> >
>> > My question is: Is there a change of behavior in how openrc executes a
>> > script in /etc/init.d/ when said script is a symlink instead of a
>> > 'normal' file?
>> >
>> > PS: For this particular system, everything under / except /boot
>> > resides in the same filesystem.
>> >
>> > PPS: For the contents of the "gatewall" initscript, see
>> >
> https://bitbucket.org/pepoluan/wallmator/src/edae2e294d07/initscript/gentoo/gatewall.init
>> >
>> > Rgds,
>> > --
>> > FdS Pandu E Poluan
>> > ~ IT Optimizer ~
>> >
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>> >
>>
>> Pandu,
>>
>> I haven't checked the source yet, but I'm wondering if the scripts are
>> looking for the "conf.d" file in the location:
>> " ../conf.d " (based from the actual location of the init-script)
>>
>> Can you try the following:
>> # mkdir -p /opt/wallmator/initscripts/conf.d
>> # ln -s /etc/init.d/gatewall /opt/wallmator/initscripts/conf.d/gatewall
>>
>> and then recreate the original link for the init-script.
>>
> 
> IIRC, it's the responsibility of runscript to source the relevant config
> file in /etc/conf.d, and not the initscript's.
> 
> If you peruse the code, you can see that I relied on that feature; there
> is no source-ing of any file in /etc/conf.d
> 
> Rgds,
> 

Yes, but maybe runscript resolves the real file location and then
sources the conf file relative to that location.

Regards,
Florian Philipp


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