Package: sysklogd Version: 1.4.1-17 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch To be able to check boot script order, and also to be able to start boot scripts in parallel, it is important to know the dependencies of the various boot scripts. The Linux Software Base specifies a init.d header file format useful for this purpose, and adding such header to the sysklogd and klogd init.d script would make it possible for me to use this information to check the current sequence and speed up the debian boot.
<URL:http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_2.1.0/LSB-generic/LSB-generic/initscrcomconv.html> documents the LSB header format. Here is a patch to document the dependencies of sysklogd and klogd. As far as I can tell, sysklogd only need the local file system and should have a working network if network is enabled, and klogd only depend on a working syslog daemon. Both services should be running for all runlevels except 0 (halt) and 6 (reboot). The patch reflect these findings. diff -ur sysklogd-1.4.1/debian/rc sysklogd-1.4.1-pere/debian/rc --- sysklogd-1.4.1/debian/rc Tue Aug 23 14:38:21 2005 +++ sysklogd-1.4.1-pere/debian/rc Tue Aug 23 14:52:35 2005 @@ -1,5 +1,16 @@ #! /bin/sh -# /etc/init.d/sysklogd: start the system log daemon. +### BEGIN INIT INFO +# Provides: sysklogd syslog +# Required-Start: $local_fs +# Required-Stop: $local_fs +# Should-Start: $network +# Should-Stop: $network +# Default-Start: S 1 2 3 4 5 +# Default-Stop: 0 6 +# Short-Description: start the system log daemon. +# Description: receive syslog messages and store them to disk or +# send them off to other syslog serviers. +### END INIT INFO PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin diff -ur sysklogd-1.4.1/debian/rc.klogd sysklogd-1.4.1-pere/debian/rc.klogd --- sysklogd-1.4.1/debian/rc.klogd Tue Aug 23 14:38:21 2005 +++ sysklogd-1.4.1-pere/debian/rc.klogd Tue Aug 23 14:42:23 2005 @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ #! /bin/sh -# /etc/init.d/klogd: start the kernel log daemon. +### BEGIN INIT INFO +# Provides: klogd +# Required-Start: $syslog +# Required-Stop: $syslog +# Default-Start: S 1 2 3 4 5 +# Default-Stop: 0 6 +# Short-Description: start the kernel log daemon. +# Description: reads kernel messages and pass them on to syslog. +### END INIT INFO PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
