Whenever I update my OpenWrt system using sysupgrade, unwanted services pop up; I am using one of my devices as a simple AP, so it must not start dnsmasq, odhcpd or the firewall service. Running sysupgrade however reinstates the links in /etc/rc.d/ removed by '/etc/init.d/foo disable'.
I was thinking about an elegant way to change this behaviour and would like to request some feedback. 1) do not remove the link, but change it I tried patching rc.common to change the service link in /etc/rc.d/ to a new script /etc/init.d/DISABLED that just forwards any call to the real script - except the start instruction which is disabled. For example: After running '/etc/init.d/dnsmasq disable', /etc/rc.d/S60dnsmasq will still be present, but point toward ../init.d/DISABLED which defies service startup. While this all works, it doesn't help for sysupgrade purposes: the links in /etc/rc.d/ are replaced during a sysupgrade. 2) add some flag file for disabled services I also thought about adding a flagfile like /etc/disable/dnsmasq that get's checked in /etc/rc.common before running the start command; this however would prevent the manual startup of a service that is still possible with option 1). Can anyone supply any different ideas or provide some feedback? _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
