Bug 15050 – genenviron.awk complains about missing /mnt/.init.d if svcdir was changed in /etc/conf.d/rc

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Max Kalika (RETIRED) 2003-02-03 12:09:30 UTC]

I know this is a classic example of a user (me) screwing around with things he 
shouldn't, but I still find this a bug.  If the svcdir entry was changed 
in /etc/conf.d/rc, genenviron.awk script will complain that the no-longer 
existing /mnt/.init.d doesn't exist.  I know this is rather confusing to 
explain.  I'll describe the steps below.

I traced it down /sbin/rc-envupdate.sh overriding SVCDIR when calling 
genenviron.awk.

So I guess the question is whether or not svcdir should be changable (I would 
certainly like it to be -- flexibility is a good thing).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Change the svcdir entry in /etc/conf.d/rc
2. Create the new directory
3. Move everything from /mnt/.init.d to this new directory
4. Reboot and see the error.

[Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-02-04 18:58:44 UTC]

It is.  /etc/conf.d/rc get sourced by /sbin/functions.sh, which gets sourced
by /sbin/depscan.sh, which pass SVCDIR as $svcdir to genenviron.awk.  Have
a look at the 1.8.6.* ebuilds .. they *do* change the location of svcdir ...

Check that /etc/init.d/functions.sh is a symlink to /sbin/functions.sh?
Might be a old version that do not use /etc/conf.d/rc ...

Or attach your /sbin/depscan.sh ...

[Comment 2 Max Kalika (RETIRED) 2003-02-04 21:12:00 UTC]

both /etc/init.d/functions.sh and /etc/init.d/depscan.sh are pointing to the correct locations:

valkyrie init.d # ls -l functions.sh
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Jan 27 15:33 functions.sh -> /sbin/functions.sh
valkyrie init.d # ls -l depscan.sh
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root          16 Jan 27 15:33 depscan.sh -> /sbin/depscan.sh

And depscan.sh is indeed using ${svcdir} when it is calling the awk scripts, although I don't see it calling genenviron.awk -- it seems to be only for service dependency caching.  I'll attach depscan.sh and rc-envupdate.sh (which is where I saw the original problem).

[Comment 3 Max Kalika (RETIRED) 2003-02-04 21:13:31 UTC]

Created attachment 7939 [details]
/sbin/depscan.sh for review

doesn't seem to be anything wrong here.

[Comment 4 Max Kalika (RETIRED) 2003-02-04 21:15:13 UTC]

Created attachment 7940 [details]
/sbin/rc-envupdate.sh file for review

Notice the way it is starting up the awk scripts:

	/bin/gawk -v SVCDIR="/mnt/.init.d"

[Comment 5 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-02-05 04:56:42 UTC]

Hmm, ok that one I missed.  Worked this side as /mnt/.init.d/ still exited.
Fixed on CVS, thanks:

---------------------------------
  05 Feb 2003; Martin Schlemmer <[e-mail]>:

    Fix /sbin/rc-envupdate.sh to use $svcdir to set SVCDIR.  This is thanks
    to Max Kalika <[e-mail]>, bug #15050.
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Works your side if you change it like depscan.sh ? 

[Comment 6 Max Kalika (RETIRED) 2003-03-27 11:43:51 UTC]

I'm pretty sure this is fixed in the new baselayout.  This can be closed. 

[Comment 7 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-03-27 15:02:19 UTC]

Yep.