More specifically, if I have a job like this:
start on starting dbus
task
script
# Main script here...
if [ "$production-mode" ]; then
initctl stop -n network-manager
fi
# Disable network-manager
end script
This does not work, as network-manager isn't started yet. NM depends on
started dbus, which hasen't happened yet.
Is it at all possible to tell upstart not to start a future job without
having to reload its config?
- Svein
On 29. feb. 2012 23:12, Svein Seldal wrote:
Hi Steve
Thanks for answering.
Could you provide some more detail about what the job is that you're
trying
to run? There's probably a solution that lets you achieve your end goal,
but would need to know what that end goal is to provide useful guidance
here.
Yes sure. A bit complex I'd amit. I hope you can bear with me:
Its an embedded product which has two distinct modes to run in:
production mode and normal application mode. Application mode is
standard rc runlevel as on a normal desktop installation. The production
mode is a special mode used in production where no normal services
should start except a few handpicked ones (static eth0, ssh).
The decision between prod.mode is done from a script. I've been
experimenting with starting this as a job task. One of the purposes in
production mode is to have a very specific network setting and publish
this on avahi.
In app mode network manager provides the user's network configuration.
One of the challenges I'm facing is how to handle network manager in
production mode. NM holds the user's config and not the network setup
needed in production mode. NM starts very early (even before any
net-device-up is emitted), thus I'm experiencing a race between my
script and NM.
I've been experimenting with "start on starting dbus" (which is a common
denominator between nm and avahi) to be able to stop nm and set the
network manually when going to prod.mode. Yet this has a hacky feel to
it. This script is vital for the product, so it needs to be simple.
Complex rules will fail.
Svein
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