On Feb 16, 2012 2:01 PM, "Willie Matthews" <matthews.wil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:24:45 +0700 > Pandu Poluan <pa...@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,
