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and subject line Bug#931867: fixed in sysvinit 3.15-1
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regarding /lib/init/init-d-script is sourcing /etc/default/* too late
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Package: sysvinit-utils
Version: 2.93-8
I started testing the upgrade from Debian Stretch to Buster, and I've
encountered a problem that affects the snmpd package's init.d script. It
looks like it has been changed to utilize /lib/init/init-d-script for
its core functionality. However, by doing so, the SNMPDOPTS value is
ignored from the init config file at /etc/default/snmpd. This is because
of the following lines in /etc/init.d/snmpd:
==============================
DEFAULT_SNMPDOPTS="-Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u Debian-snmp -g Debian-snmp -I
-smux,mteTrigger,mteTriggerConf"
[ -z "$SNMPDOPTS" ] && SNMPDOPTS=$DEFAULT_SNMPDOPTS
==============================
Because the /lib/init/init-d-script script sources /etc/init.d/snmpd
BEFORE it sources /etc/default/snmpd, none of the values in
/etc/default/snmpd are visible to /etc/init.d/snmpd. This results in
SNMPDOPTS always being set to the default arguments.
One could view this as a bug in either snmpd or sysvinit-utils,
depending on your viewpoint. However, it seems more appropriate for a
fix to be applied to /lib/init/init-d-script within sysvinit-utils, as
other scripts may try (or even be trying already) to use this method
within the init.d script to set defaults. The /etc/init.d/snmpd script
could manually force an inclusion of /etc/defaults/snmpd, but it seems a
little redundant when /lib/init/init-d-script is supposed to do that work.
The line in question in /lib/init/init-d-script is below:
==============================
# Read configuration variable file if it is present
[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
==============================
Moving it above the following block would ensure it's sourced first:
==============================
SCRIPTNAME="$__init_d_script_name"
scriptbasename="$(basename "$__init_d_script_name")"
if [ "$scriptbasename" != "init-d-script" ] ; then
. "$__init_d_script_name"
else
exit 0
fi
==============================
I checked the latest experimental version (2.95) and it doesn't have any
changes like this (although it does fix the snmpd package install bug as
referenced in #926390). Without knowing all the ins and outs of how
/lib/init/init-d-script is used throughout Debian, I can't say if this
change would be considered safe or not. Perhaps there are instances
where the /etc/default/* config file tries to do more than just set some
shell variables and it would cause some bizarre side effects.
Thanks.
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Justin Pasher
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: sysvinit
Source-Version: 3.15-1
Done: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
sysvinit, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Mark Hindley <[email protected]> (supplier of updated sysvinit package)
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Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:40:37 +0100
Source: sysvinit
Architecture: source
Version: 3.15-1
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian sysvinit maintainers
<[email protected]>
Changed-By: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>
Closes: 922423 931867
Changes:
sysvinit (3.15-1) experimental; urgency=medium
.
* New upstream version 3.15
* d/src/README.style: add recommended initscript style.
* d/src: comply with recommended style. (Closes: #922423)
* init-d-script.5: document that /etc/default/$NAME environment is not
available in script top-level. (Closes: #931867)
* d/control, d/watch: update following upstream migration to codeberg.
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