Public bug reported:
Every other systemd-infected distribution leaves the rc-local.service
unit enabled; this is probably because provisioning systems need to use
it to launch first-boot tasks.
Ubuntu has been blindly following suit in every other respect and should
do the same here also. It's a null op unless the file exists and is
executable, so enabling it gives all the benefits for extremely
negligible cost.
Example reproducable bug:
* preseed a new host and an rc.local expected to run on boot
* boot and realise rc.local didn't run
* realise you can't enable it in the preseed as systemctl is not affecting the
target system
* curse Lennart (again) and run Devuan instead where things just work as they
should
** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771802
Title:
enable rc-local.service unit by default
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Every other systemd-infected distribution leaves the rc-local.service
unit enabled; this is probably because provisioning systems need to
use it to launch first-boot tasks.
Ubuntu has been blindly following suit in every other respect and
should do the same here also. It's a null op unless the file exists
and is executable, so enabling it gives all the benefits for extremely
negligible cost.
Example reproducable bug:
* preseed a new host and an rc.local expected to run on boot
* boot and realise rc.local didn't run
* realise you can't enable it in the preseed as systemctl is not affecting
the target system
* curse Lennart (again) and run Devuan instead where things just work as they
should
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