Bug 494220 – OpenRC: rename /sbin/runscript due to naming conflict with minicom

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects

[Description Benda Xu 2013-12-14 03:09:18 UTC]

I've heard from the WilliamH on the IRC that /sbin/openrc --runscript could be an alternative. Let's track the issue here.

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Benda Xu 2013-12-14 03:10:49 UTC]

<WilliamH> Ouch, #!/sbin/openrc --runscript is not going to work because of
	   how shebangs are handled..  [03:36]

Could you paste some details on how it fails?

We could make it shorter as "/sbin/openrc --script" or just "/sbin/openrc -s".

[Comment 2 Benda Xu 2013-12-14 03:12:33 UTC]

FYI, the triggering issue is that minicom[1] distributes a binary called runscript in PATH, conflicting with /sbin/runscript in OpenRC.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicom

[Comment 3 William Hubbs 2013-12-14 05:22:58 UTC]

The problem isn't the length of the name, but the fact that both openrc
and runscript have command line arguments. If I make --runscript a
command line argument to openrc, I have to then combine both sets of
switches.

I am working on this patch; I think I am going to just create another
symlink, called openrcscript instead of runscript.
I will keep the runscript symlink for a while for compatibility, but
print a deprecation warning if it is used.

That means that scripts will work as they are, but  OpenRC will
recommend changing the shebang line.

[Comment 4 Benda Xu 2013-12-14 07:11:07 UTC]

(In reply to William Hubbs from comment #3)
> The problem isn't the length of the name, but the fact that both openrc
> and runscript have command line arguments. If I make --runscript a
> command line argument to openrc, I have to then combine both sets of
> switches.
> 
> I am working on this patch; I think I am going to just create another
> symlink, called openrcscript instead of runscript.
> I will keep the runscript symlink for a while for compatibility, but
> print a deprecation warning if it is used.
> 
> That means that scripts will work as they are, but  OpenRC will
> recommend changing the shebang line.

Nice. I'm fine with this idea.

[Comment 5 William Hubbs 2013-12-19 00:31:49 UTC]

I actually got a suggestion for another name that is better, openrc-run.
That is what I will be using instead.

William

[Comment 6 Benda Xu 2013-12-27 11:42:56 UTC]

(In reply to William Hubbs from comment #5)
> I actually got a suggestion for another name that is better, openrc-run.
> That is what I will be using instead.

Thanks William, will it be in the git repo soon?

[Comment 7 William Hubbs 2013-12-30 05:29:59 UTC]

This has been completed in commit 3470eda, and will be included in
OpenRC-0.13.

[Comment 8 Benda Xu 2013-12-30 08:39:34 UTC]

Thanks William.

Hope I could roll out a name collision free OpenRC for Debian by the end of 2013.