I have several locally created init scripts that I want to keep in /usr/local/etc/init.d, and which I symlink to from /etc/init.d. However, /sbin/depscan.sh passes over these scripts because they are not regular files, so dependency information is not created. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: cd /etc/init.d # Because /sbin/runscript seems to resolve symlinks, you # need to make a copy of an existing service to avoid using # dependency information that has already been created. cp numlock /tmp/foo # Create a symlink ln -s /tmp/foo bar # Update dependency info /sbin/depscan.sh # Start the service ./bar start Actual Results: * Could not get dependency info for "foo"! * Could not get dependency info for "foo"! * Enabling numlock on ttys... [ ok ] Expected Results: If the symlink refers to a regular file depscan.sh should process it the same as a regular file. It seems that the Gentoo rc system does other symlink related gubbins (e.g. resolving symlinks on init.d scripts) which is a little confusing; I don't understand the original intention... :-) # emerge info Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.19-gentoo-r10-ipvs i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family 1400MHz GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http://adelie.polymtl.ca/ http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.linux.no/ http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/ http://www.fhh.opensource-mirror.de/gentoo.org/ http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/gentoo/ http://ftp.caliu.info/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.inode.at/" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /opt/tomcat/conf" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 3dnow apm crypt gif imlib jpeg libg++ mmx ncurses nls png spell xml2 zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline tetex tcltk java mysql postgres gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python snmp ethereal exiscan-acl gd maildir oci8 samba sse -oss -arts -avi -cups -encode -gtk -kde -gnome -mikmod -motif -mpeg -oggvorbis -opengl -pdflib -quicktime -sdl -svga -truetype -xmms -xv -X -qt -ldap" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j3" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://localhost/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache distcc"
This is one of those 'stone age features' that are not clear on why it works that way. I agree that it is not optimal. The following patch to CVS should fix this: ------------------------------- Index: ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.235 diff -u -u -r1.235 ChangeLog --- ChangeLog 16 Jul 2003 18:13:45 -0000 1.235 +++ ChangeLog 16 Jul 2003 18:20:08 -0000 @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Fix /etc/init.d/net.eth0 to not set rp_filter if already set via /etc/sysctl.conf, bug #24235 - thanks jochen <jochen.eisinger@gmx.de>. + Fix /sbin/runscript.sh and /lib/rcscripts/awk/cachedepend.awk to work + with symlinks in /etc/init.d/, closing bug #24228. + 15 Jul 2003; Martin Schlemmer <azarah@gentoo.org>: Add /bin/csh to /etc/shells. Index: sbin/runscript.sh =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/sbin/runscript.sh,v retrieving revision 1.22 diff -u -u -r1.22 runscript.sh --- sbin/runscript.sh 18 May 2003 21:51:34 -0000 1.22 +++ sbin/runscript.sh 16 Jul 2003 18:20:08 -0000 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ svcrestart="no" myscript="$1" -if [ -L "$1" ] +if [ -L "$1" -a "${1%/*}" != "/etc/init.d" ] then myservice="$(readlink "$1")" else Index: src/awk/cachedepends.awk =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/src/awk/cachedepends.awk,v retrieving revision 1.11 diff -u -u -r1.11 cachedepends.awk --- src/awk/cachedepends.awk 21 May 2003 08:00:55 -0000 1.11 +++ src/awk/cachedepends.awk 16 Jul 2003 18:20:09 -0000 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ # Make sure that its a file we are working with, # and do not process scripts, source or backup files. for (x in TMPRCSCRIPTS) - if ((isfile(TMPRCSCRIPTS[x])) && + if (((isfile(TMPRCSCRIPTS[x])) || (islink(TMPRCSCRIPTS[x]))) && (TMPRCSCRIPTS[x] !~ /((\.(sh|c|bak))|\~)$/)) { RCCOUNT++
