On 02/06/2014 05:31 AM, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Hi. > > A few months ago I drafted an idea to rewrite init.d scripts to use a > common implementation and only specify the unique parts in the init.d > scripts themselves. That draft can be found on > <URL: > http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_init_d_boot_script_example_for_rsyslog.html > >. > > The idea is to let init.d scripts look like this: > > #!/lib/init/init-d-script > ### BEGIN INIT INFO > # Provides: daemon > # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog > # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog > # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 > # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 > # Short-Description: nice daemon > # Description: Provide service to others > ### END INIT INFO > DAEMON=/usr/sbin/daemond > > Short and to the point, and in the simple case only list the path to > the daemon to start. The code to implement init.d scripts is moved to > /lib/init/init-d-script, and the redundant code spread across > /etc/init.d/ can be dropped. > > A few days ago I picked up the idea again, and wrote a more complete > draft of the /lib/init/init-d-script. The code is available in the > simpler-init-scripts in the sysvinit GIT repository, available from > <URL: > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/sysvinit;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/simpler-init-scripts > >. > I've tested it on a few packages, and believe the code is ready for > wider testing. > > The main target group for this feature are the majority of packages > with init.d scripts, the ones starting a single daemon. There are > around 1000 packages in Debian with init.d scripts. Around 100 of > them start stuff using rcS.d/, and tend to be quite complex. Most of > the rest start a simple daemon and are based on different generations > of /etc/init.d/skeleton. The target for this feature is the latter > group. > > The reason I bring this up on debian-devel@ is twofold. First, I want > to gather feedback on the idea. Will it work for your package, or are > some more hooks needed? Second, I wonder where such script best would > belong. My initial idea is to put it in the initscripts package, > installed on almost all Debian systems, but I suspect sysvinit-utils > is a good place too. I plan to use the system in the initscripts > package, and am relucant to add new dependencies to it, as this would > make the new dependency a required package. > > Comments?
Well, you've been trying to reimplement OpenRC... with less features! Don't bother, switch to OpenRC, and call it a day... :) Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52f3688d.5010...@debian.org
