The last net-misc/tinc update set SYSLOG="yes" in my /etc/conf.d/tincd without me noticing (don't know why, don't ask :P). Today I tried to start tincd but it wouldn't, printing "unrecognized argument ''". I played a bit with /etc/init.d/tincd echo-ing some command lines and var values and discovered the problem in these lines: if [ "${SYSLOG}" == "yes" ]; then LOG="" else LOG="--logfile=/var/log/tinc.${NETNAME}.log" fi start-stop-daemon --start --exec "${DAEMON}" --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" -- --net="${NETNAME}" "${LOG}" --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" In fact, if you remove the enclosing double-quotes from LOG in the last line (so "${LOG}" becomes ${LOG}) it starts with no problem, since there are no more empty parameters, only useless spaces. Right now I set SYSLOG="no" and reset /etc/init.d/tincd so it works for me, but it'd be better if this problem were to be fixed, considering that it'd probably take very few time. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge net-misc/tinc 2. Add an auto-loading network in /etc/conf.d/tinc.networks 3. Set SYSLOG="yes" in /etc/conf.d/tincd 4. rc-config start tincd Actual Results: # rc-config start tincd Starting init script * Starting tinc VPN networks ... * Starting tinc network my_autoloaded_network_name ... /usr/sbin/tincd: unrecognized argument '' Try `/usr/sbin/tincd --help' for more information. * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/tincd' * ERROR: tincd failed to start Expected Results: # rc-config start tincd Starting init script * Starting tinc VPN networks ... * Starting tinc network my_autoloaded_network_name ... # emerge --info Portage 2.2.0 (default/linux/amd64/13.0, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.8.13-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.8.13-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_FX-tm-6300_Six-Core_Processor-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 16348460 total, 797908 free KiB Swap: 41945708 total, 41944040 free Timestamp of tree: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:15:01 +0000 ld ld di GNU (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1 ccache version 3.1.9 [enabled] 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The OpenRC script has got a little bug. Solution: Change start-stop-daemon --start --exec "${DAEMON}" --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" -- --net="${NETNAME}" "${LOG}" --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" to start-stop-daemon --start --exec "${DAEMON}" --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" -- --net="${NETNAME}" ${LOG} --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" MeikoDis
...well I should read before. :p
(In reply to MeikoDis from comment #2) > ...well I should read before. :p I'm confuse with this comment and your solution in comment #1. Are you saying I should remove the quotes around ${LOG} ? Why does this cause a problem?
(In reply to Anthony Basile from comment #3) > (In reply to MeikoDis from comment #2) > > ...well I should read before. :p > > I'm confuse with this comment and your solution in comment #1. Are you > saying I should remove the quotes around ${LOG} ? Why does this cause a > problem? Comment #2 was probably because he didn't see I had already proposed that solution. That said, when "${SYSLOG}" == "yes" the script assigns LOG="", so "${LOG}" evaluates to "" (empty string) and not (nothing/void). Since "empty string" is not a valid parameter it stops with error... or at least I think that's the problem.
(In reply to Matteo Modesti from comment #4) > (In reply to Anthony Basile from comment #3) > > (In reply to MeikoDis from comment #2) > > > ...well I should read before. :p > > > > I'm confuse with this comment and your solution in comment #1. Are you > > saying I should remove the quotes around ${LOG} ? Why does this cause a > > problem? > > Comment #2 was probably because he didn't see I had already proposed that > solution. > > That said, when "${SYSLOG}" == "yes" the script assigns LOG="", so "${LOG}" > evaluates to "" (empty string) and not (nothing/void). Since "empty string" > is not a valid parameter it stops with error... or at least I think that's > the problem. Ah thanks! I see it now. Its fixed in the tree.
