Bug 27951

Summary:	running `rc` without any parameters causes weird things ...
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	SpanKY <vapier>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) <azarah>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description SpanKY gentoo-dev

2003-09-04 12:35:24 UTC

i dont know what the behavior is *supposed* to be when you run `rc` without any
parameters (and reading the code quickly doesnt seem to yield any answers ...) ...

buuuuuuut if i run `rc` and a service in the current runlevel had failed to
start, then rc will attempt to start those services ... however, if all the
services in the current runlevel started up fine then `rc` will w/out seeming to
do any work ...

good way to test it out:
add bogus rc script to default runlevel (by bogus i mean start() will not return
0) and reboot ... the service should fail at boot time (because it was coded
to).  when you log in, run `rc` ... it should attempt to start that service ...

Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-05 11:31:30 UTC

Yep, its expected behaviour - I am pretty sure it is also documented in the
rc-scripts manual.  Will adding a man page for 'rc' be sufficient ?

(If so, what about it Mike? 8)

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-05-03 11:28:19 UTC

normal behavior