Hi folks, This is a summary of how to detect Baselayout-2/OpenRC from within init.d scripts. We raised it in January, without any actual final agreement: http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_5959bcfaf3ba566c551823039643f5c5.xml
Also, there were some items that weren't raised in the previous discussion: - The Vserver team needs the actual version of OpenRC, AND it must be available without any exec()/fork()/clone() calls. - init.d/sysfs might be removed on some embedded systems. The final solution that everybody agreed on is as follows. 1. OpenRC will provide /libexec/rc/version, a text file containing the version (possible including a git ID) of the release. 2. Right now, every init.d script that needs to detection should revbump and change to the following: [[ -f /lib/librc.so -o -f /etc/init.d/sysfs -o -f /libexec/rc/version ]] This allows a safe migration. 3. Approximately 6 months after OpenRC and Baselayout2 go stable, the detection will drop to: [[ -f /libexec/rc/version ]] 4. For vserver and anybody else that needs the version details of OpenRC, you get to read the file, and RDEPEND on the minimal package version you want. GDP team: (I didn't hear from you in the bug) Could you please update: - handbook section "Writing Init scripts" - OpenRC migration guide -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy E-Mail : robb...@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85
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