Module Name: src
Committed By: apb
Date: Wed Apr 9 12:45:05 UTC 2014
Modified Files:
src/etc: rc
Log Message:
Send a "nop" metadata message to the postprocessor every few seconds,
to flush partial output lines. This should help with PR 48714.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.167 -r1.168 src/etc/rc
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Modified files:
Index: src/etc/rc
diff -u src/etc/rc:1.167 src/etc/rc:1.168
--- src/etc/rc:1.167 Wed Apr 9 12:38:09 2014
+++ src/etc/rc Wed Apr 9 12:45:05 2014
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#!/bin/sh
#
-# $NetBSD: rc,v 1.167 2014/04/09 12:38:09 apb Exp $
+# $NetBSD: rc,v 1.168 2014/04/09 12:45:05 apb Exp $
#
# rc --
# Run the scripts in /etc/rc.d with rcorder, and log output
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ rc_real_work()
kill -0 $RC_PID >/dev/null 2>&1 || RC_PID=$$
#
+ # As long as process $RC_PID is still running, send a "nop"
+ # metadata message to the postprocessor every few seconds.
+ # This should help flush partial lines that may appear when
+ # rc.d scripts that are NOT marked with "KEYWORD: interactive"
+ # nevertheless attempt to print prompts and wait for input.
+ #
+ (
+ while kill -0 $RC_PID ; do
+ print_rc_metadata "nop"
+ sleep 3
+ done
+ ) &
+
+ #
# Get a list of all rc.d scripts, and use rcorder to choose
# what order to execute them.
#
