On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 01:40:27 -0700, Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> wrote: >Ludovico Cavedon wrote: >> I am writing a systemd service file for a daemon (ntopng) and I would >> like to know what you think is the best way to load some >> configuration. >> >> The ntopng daemon takes multiple interfaces in the format of multiple >> -i command-line options. For example. >> ntopng -i eth0 -i wlan0 >> >> Currently the interfaces are stored in /etc/default/ntopng >> INTERFACES="eth0 wlan0" >> >> and the sysv init script takes care of adding "-i" for each one of them. >> >> I would like to keep the sysv compatibility and do the same in systemd. >> >> I tried in various ways, but the two solution I could think of are: >> 1) change the format of INTERFACES to require inclusion of -i. >> I.e >> INTERFACES="-i eth0 -i wlan0" >> and use EnvironmentFIle=/etc/default/ntopng. This changes the format, >> complicated upgrades, and is more error prone. >> 2) instead of doing Exec=ntopng, Exec a script that does the mangling >> and then execs ntopng. >> >> Because both solutions do not look great to me, and I could not find >> an example, I am asking your opinion. >> >> After writing this email, I start to believe 2) is the right way, but >> I would appreciate anybody's input. > >3) Teach ntopng to understand /etc/ntopng.conf natively and migrate the >settings there. >4) Teach ntopng to automatically detect the available network devices on >the system (including new ones that show up dynamically) and >automatically handle all of them unless configured to do otherwise, >making configuration usually unnecessary.
Please. The attitute of requiring Debian maintainers to modify upstream software instead of having simple two-line extension to an init script is really unfriendly. Why do only systemd friends keep recommending this? Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/e1xiyp2-0002mu...@swivel.zugschlus.de
