K Gopal,
K Gopal Krishna <[email protected]> writes:
> Here are the set of changes in the past week (July 06 - July 12):
>
> - Added better support for socket files that use a custom service file
> instead
> of a file with the same name as the socket file.
>
> - The translator will now work with any supplied path instead of defaulting
> to
> the current directory. This was done with a bit of `dirname` / `basename`
> magic.
>
> - Directory creation was changed to be more specific. Directories are now
> only
> created if they're needed which means that a `xinet.d` directory will not
> be
> created for a `service` type conversion, etc.
>
> - Since xinetd is incapable of handling filesystem sockets, socket-activate
> has been used as an alternative. Since there's an obvious feature
> disparity
> here, additional logic is needed in order to better differentiate and
> delegate tasks between both the tools.
>
> An overview of how the socket-activate part of the script works:
>
> - A bash script is created with the used $listenType; first making the
> directory the socket is to be placed in and then pointing to the socket
> itself. Thereafter, the service command is appended to the end.
>
> - Something worth noting here is that the script does not set `-u` to
> avoid
> failures due to the service commands referring to undefined variables as
> is the case in `acpid.service`.
>
> The resulting script is stored in a `socket-activate.d` sub-directory.
>
> - Instead of having just one big file, the script has been divided into
> smaller scripts that define functions related to a specific unit type.
> This
> would be beneficial in the future when the translator makes use of
> additional tools.
>
> - `misc.sh`: Functions which have an all-around usage like create_dirs().
> This is sourced before the unit type is known.
>
> - `parser.sh`: Functions responsible for parsing key-value pairs of each
> unit type. This is sourced before the unit type is known.
>
> - `{service,socket,timer}.sh` are self-explanatory. These are sourced
> on-demand -- once the unit type is known.
>
> - Most of the translator is now commented with explanations. Maybe examples
> of
> using the functions are needed?
Good.
What's the change of success ratio after this week's work? That's our
figure of merit.
What's your plan for the next week?
Benda
