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

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>]

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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