Package: insserv Version: 1.18.0-2 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer,
When insserv reports that it sees a dependency loop between some init scripts, it does so in a very obtuse way by providing message lines that mention one half of a dependency pair, but not what it thinks depends on what and how that forms a loop: --- Expected output (with pseudo names): --- insserv: There is a loop between service foo and bar for start action insserv: loop step 1: foo depends on baz insserv: loop step 2: baz depends on $quux insserv: loop step 3: $quux includes quuux in /etc/insserv.conf.d/02buggy.conf insserv: loop step 4: quuux depends on bar insserv: loop step 5: bar depends on foo --- END Expected output (with pseudo names): --- --- Actual output (with pseudo names): --- insserv: There is a loop between service foo and bar if started insserv: loop involving service baz at depth 911 insserv: loop involving service quuux at depth 888 --- END Actual output (with pseudo names): --- In the actual output, the depth numbers are meaningless and the phrasing suggests incomplete out of order information. Also it doesn't state when/if/how configuration files participate in the loops. In my preferred example, all loop steps are shown, lines are numbered to help dealing with accidental output mangling on an emergency serial console, and rules from config files are called out with specificity and origin. -- System Information: Debian Release: 10.13 APT prefers oldoldstable-updates APT policy: (500, 'oldoldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldoldstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-0.deb10.26-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages insserv depends on: ii libc6 2.28-10+deb10u2 insserv recommends no packages. Versions of packages insserv suggests: pn bootchart2 <none> -- no debconf information Enjoy Jakob -- Jakob Bohm, CIO, Partner, WiseMo A/S. https://www.wisemo.com Transformervej 29, 2860 Søborg, Denmark. Direct +45 31 13 16 10 This public discussion message is non-binding and may contain errors. WiseMo - Remote Service Management for PCs, Phones and Embedded
