On Wednesday 02 September 2009 01:48:34 Cortese, Matteo wrote: > Package: sysv-rc > Version: 2.87dsf-2 > Tags: patch > > See this snippet from /etc/init.d/rc: > > # Check if we are able to use make like booting. It require the > # insserv package to be enabled. > # > if [ startpar = "$CONCURRENCY" ] || [ makefile = "$CONCURRENCY" ] ; then > test -s /etc/init.d/.depend.boot || CONCURRENCY="none" > test -s /etc/init.d/.depend.start || CONCURRENCY="none" > test -s /etc/init.d/.depend.stop || CONCURRENCY="none" > startpar -v > /dev/null 2>&1 || CONCURRENCY="none" > fi > > As far as I understand, the .depend.* files are needed by startpar only > when it is invoved with "-M". In other words, this check should be > performed only when CONCURRENCY is set to "makefile", not when it is set > to "startpar".
It also serves as a marker that insserv has been installed and reordered the boot system. It should stay in my opnion. > > Besides, the fourth test is for the presence of startpar itself. Note > however that when CONCURRENCY is set to "shell" (which is deprecated, > but still supported) this test is skipped, but the code that follows > does indeed expect startpar to be present. That is indeed an oversight. Thanks, Kel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
