Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This would be better expressed as
>
>if type -p invoke-rc.d >/dev/null 2>&1; then
>...
>
> This latter form will detect accurately whether invoke-rc.d is
> available _on the current PATH_ as set by the sysadmin, and will
> therefore allo
Mark Baker wrote:
> Ian Jackson wrote:
>
> >Package: debian-policy
> >Version: 3.6.1.0
> >
> >While trying to merge an NMU to my package, I spotted an idiom
> >obviously copied from the policy manual:
> >
> > if [ -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ] ; then
> > invoke-rc.d package
> >
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 04:55:36PM +, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Branden Robinson writes ("Re: Bug#218530: Suboptimal conditional rune for
> initscripts"):
> > Ah, I see the reason:
> ...
> > [127] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ % ash
> > $ type ls
> > ls is /
Herbert Xu writes ("Re: Bug#218530: Suboptimal conditional rune for
initscripts"):
> You'd better make that simply "type" so that it will work with
> POSIX shells other than bash. Besides, there is no reason to
> rule out aliases/functions/builtins since when i
Mark Baker writes ("Re: Bug#218530: Suboptimal conditional rune for
initscripts"):
> I think it's debatable whether searching the path for a command in an
> init script is a good thing, but if we don't search the path for the
> test we shouldn't do it when w
Ian Jackson wrote:
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.6.1.0
While trying to merge an NMU to my package, I spotted an idiom
obviously copied from the policy manual:
if [ -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ] ; then
invoke-rc.d package
else
/etc/init.d/package
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.6.1.0
While trying to merge an NMU to my package, I spotted an idiom
obviously copied from the policy manual:
if [ -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ] ; then
invoke-rc.d package
else
/etc/init.d/package
fi
This wo
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