Re: init.d script not using !/bin/sh

2014-02-10 Thread Simon McVittie
On 10/02/14 14:55, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On 09/02/2014 13:14, Thomas Goirand wrote: >> Is it too late to fix this as a release goal, so that we get every >> init script to use /bin/sh? > > Whether this is worth the effort or not (and not just *your* effort, the > effort of maintainers of packag

Re: init.d script not using !/bin/sh

2014-02-10 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On 09/02/2014 13:14, Thomas Goirand wrote: > Is it too late to fix this as a release goal, so that we get every > init script to use /bin/sh? Whether this is worth the effort or not (and not just *your* effort, the effort of maintainers of packages with init scripts, even if just to review and app

Re: init.d script not using !/bin/sh

2014-02-09 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Feb 09, Clint Byrum wrote: > > That's it... So that's a typical case where it should be possible to fix > > things, and get rid of bash. > Is that really an important goal to spend our time on? No. It has never been a goal, there is nothing to "fix" here. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Descr

Re: init.d script not using !/bin/sh

2014-02-09 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from Thomas Goirand's message of 2014-02-09 09:19:55 -0800: > On 02/09/2014 11:22 PM, Clint Byrum wrote: > > Excerpts from Thomas Goirand's message of 2014-02-09 05:14:17 -0800: > >> Hi, > >> > >> While we can discuss during literally *years* about which init system to > >> use, I think it

Re: init.d script not using !/bin/sh

2014-02-09 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 09:14:17PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > Hi, Hi Thomas, >... > If possible, I'd like to make a survey of what kind of interpreter > packages are using for /etc/init.d scripts. How can I do that? Note that > this would make OpenRC maintainer's life more easy, and avoid ugl

Re: init.d script not using !/bin/sh

2014-02-09 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 02/09/2014 11:22 PM, Clint Byrum wrote: > Excerpts from Thomas Goirand's message of 2014-02-09 05:14:17 -0800: >> Hi, >> >> While we can discuss during literally *years* about which init system to >> use, I think it's more productive to try to improve what we have in >> packages, so I'd like to

Re: init.d script not using !/bin/sh

2014-02-09 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from Thomas Goirand's message of 2014-02-09 05:14:17 -0800: > Hi, > > While we can discuss during literally *years* about which init system to > use, I think it's more productive to try to improve what we have in > packages, so I'd like to talk about that. > > One thing that bothers me i

Re: init.d script not using !/bin/sh

2014-02-09 Thread Javier Barroso
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > [Thomas Goirand] >> If possible, I'd like to make a survey of what kind of interpreter >> packages are using for /etc/init.d scripts. How can I do that? Note >> that this would make OpenRC maintainer's life more easy, and avoid >> ugly

Re: init.d script not using !/bin/sh

2014-02-09 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Thomas Goirand] > If possible, I'd like to make a survey of what kind of interpreter > packages are using for /etc/init.d scripts. How can I do that? Note > that this would make OpenRC maintainer's life more easy, and avoid > ugly hacks. You can find all init.d scripts unpacked on lintian.debian