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

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>]

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On Feb 16, 2012 2:01 PM, "Willie Matthews" <matthews.willie@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:24:45 +0700
> Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> 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,
>
> I didn't have that problem and upgraded yesterday!
>

Hmmm... strange... I can still work around the problem, though. Just
manually source the relevant file in /etc/conf.d.

Thanks for the info.

Rgds,

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