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

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

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,
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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.

-- 
Joost