[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#542811: Bug#542811: Bug#542811: invoke-rc.d starts disabled startup scripts

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> I would suggest to take a look at the LSB-style headers of
> the run level scripts in /etc/init.d .  Many do not define
> symlinks for all run levels. udev (just as an example) only
> defines a symlink for S. This is surely not a user error.

It also mean we cannot mess with invoke-rc.d, it would instantly break
packages that have this bug you just described in udev.

> Maybe it would be an improvement to explitly forbid these
> missing links? /etc/init.d/rc or invoke-rc.d could echo a
> warning, for example.

We really should require explicit configuration of behaviour on every
runlevel.  And if we want, e.g. to optimize stop on runlevels 0 and 6,
instead of messing with the "required to be stopped on runlevel 0 and
6", we *ADD* the information "service can be stopped by simple
SIGTERM/SIGKILL", and use it.  This particular example won't change a
thing right now, but we don't know if we will need the full information
in a later date, for whatever reason.

Anyway, changes to invoke-rc.d will have to wait for that entire class
of bugs (missing start/stop information for runlevels other than 0 and
6) to be flushed out somehow.

IMHO, the process starts with a lintian check, and manual scan of the
archive and mass bug-filling.

> Am I allowed to suggest some patches here?

You're welcome.

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