Bug#330227: util-linux: Please add LSB formatted dependency info in init.d script
You asked during debconf what the correct dependency information for the hwclock.sh init.d script should be. Here is a small update. As /etc/localtime no longer is a symlink into /usr/, but a copy of the timezone information, the only thing needed is visible /dev/rtc and a mounted /etc. For stopping, it need a mounted local file system. I suggest using $local_fs for that. Because of this, I believe this dependency information is correct: ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: hwclock # Required-Start:mountdevsubfs # Required-Stop: $local_fs # Default-Start: S # Default-Stop: 0 6 ### END INIT INFO The hwclockfirst.sh script is removed now, so I do not provide a header for that script. Please add this header soon. the util-linux package is one of the two base packages without dependency information in the init.d script, and it would be great if we could start verifying the correctness of the base system soon. Happy hacking -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#330227: util-linux: Please add LSB formatted dependency info in init.d script
[Petter Reinholdtsen] ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: hwclockfirst # Required-Start: # Required-Stop: # Default-Start: S # Default-Stop: ### END INIT INFO I just checked /sbin/hwclock, and based on the use of /dev/rtc, I believe it should start after mountdevsubfs. So the header should look like this: ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: hwclockfirst # Required-Start:mountdevsubfs # Required-Stop: # Default-Start: S # Default-Stop: ### END INIT INFO Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#330227: util-linux: Please add LSB formatted dependency info in init.d script
[LaMont Jones] Except that hwclockfirst exists _ENTIRELY_ to run _before_ modules are loaded. Right. I did not know that. As long as the LSB-style dependency information reflect this intention, I am happy, because my dependency based boot system will then get it all correct. :) In fact, I believe that we're pretty close to the point where I can drop hwclockfirst entirely, although anyone with /dev/rtc really should not be building it as a module, if they want time to be correct, at least with older versions of module-init-tools... Right. I saw some comments about it being needed on platforms without kernels setting the clock from hardware. I guess those kernels are slowly becoming obsolete. :) Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#330227: util-linux: Please add LSB formatted dependency info in init.d script
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 02:46:37PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [Petter Reinholdtsen] I just checked /sbin/hwclock, and based on the use of /dev/rtc, I believe it should start after mountdevsubfs. So the header should look like this: Except that hwclockfirst exists _ENTIRELY_ to run _before_ modules are loaded. In fact, I believe that we're pretty close to the point where I can drop hwclockfirst entirely, although anyone with /dev/rtc really should not be building it as a module, if they want time to be correct, at least with older versions of module-init-tools... lamont -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#330227: util-linux: Please add LSB formatted dependency info in init.d script
Since I first reported this issue I have learned more on how to properly document the dependencies, and util-linux is one of the last packages with init.d scripts in /etc/rcS.d/ without such dependency information. Please add dependency info to the scripts, and ignore my previous proposal and use this instead. ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: hwclockfirst # Required-Start: # Required-Stop: # Default-Start: S # Default-Stop: ### END INIT INFO ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: hwclock # Required-Start:$local_fs $remote_fs # Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs # Default-Start: S # Default-Stop: 0 6 ### END INIT INFO Please verify that this dependency information and runtime list is correct. Note that 'default-stop' should be used for the runlevels calling the script using the 'stop' argument, which happen in runlevel 0 and 6 also for S-type symlinks. Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#330227: util-linux: Please add LSB formatted dependency info in init.d script
Package: util-linux Version: 2.12p-8 Severity: wishlist To be able to check boot script order, and also to be able to start boot scripts in parallel, it is important to know the dependencies of the various boot scripts. The Linux Software Base specifies a init.d header file format useful for this purpose, and adding such header to the hwclock init.d script would make it possible for me to use this information to check the current sequence and speed up the debian boot. URL:http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_2.1.0/LSB-generic/LSB-generic/initscrcomconv.html documents the LSB header format. Here is a proposed dependency header to document the dependencies of hwclock.sh and hwclockfirst.sh. It is slightly tested using the insserv package and the new parallell booting support in sysvinit. ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: hwclock # Required-Start:$local_fs $remote_fs # Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs # Default-Start: S 1 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 6 ### END INIT INFO ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: hwclockfirst # Required-Start: # Required-Stop: # Default-Start: S 1 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 6 ### END INIT INFO -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
