[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2014-01-11 Thread Adolfo Jayme
** No longer affects: upstart (Ubuntu Lucid) ** No longer affects: upstart (Ubuntu Maverick) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 Title: init: add non-destructive means to disable a

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-06-17 Thread Andy Hauser
What is the wrap up of the fix now? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 Title: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job To manage notifications about this bug go to:

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-06-17 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from Andy Hauser's message of Fri Jun 17 08:31:38 UTC 2011: What is the wrap up of the fix now? You can stop job from automatically starting with sudo sh -c 'echo manual /etc/init/job.override' -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to upstart .

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-06-16 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart Status: In Progress = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 Title: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job To manage notifications

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-04-04 Thread pdf
Nominating for SRU: The moving of core system daemons (ie - mysql, libvirt-bin, etc) to Upstart without the means for non-destructive disabling impairs the ability to use those services on servers, particularly in clustered environments. This is a regression. The addition of the 'manual'

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-04-04 Thread pdf
Assuming I don't have permission to set the appropriate flags here - can't see the options described in the SRU document. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 Title: init: add

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-04-04 Thread Scott James Remnant
pdf: in order to set SRU flags, I think you have to look at the bug from the Ubuntu POV ... check that the URL is of the form /ubuntu/source/+upstart/.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-04-04 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from pdf's message of Mon Apr 04 12:56:26 UTC 2011: Nominating for SRU: The moving of core system daemons (ie - mysql, libvirt-bin, etc) to Upstart without the means for non-destructive disabling impairs the ability to use those services on servers, particularly in clustered

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-04-04 Thread pdf
On 05/04/11 05:04, Clint Byrum wrote: I'm not totally against this for SRU, but I would like to make sure we are sure that it is entirely necessary before going forward. Understood. First, I would like to refute the statement that it is impossible. This can be achieved on a script-specific

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-03-28 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart Status: In Progress = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 Title: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-03-28 Thread Scott James Remnant
Please don't change upstream tasks to Fix Committed unless the code is in trunk (lp:upstart) or Fix Released unless the code is in a released tarball. To track changes to Upstart in Natty, add an Ubuntu Task to the bug. ** Changed in: upstart Status: Fix Released = In Progress -- You

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-03-21 Thread Ben Walton
Would I be likely to garner any traction in nominating this for SRU, considering the impact for server and cluster environments (and the fact that core services like MySQL are on upstart) Seconded. This is a critical feature, imo... -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-03-11 Thread Scott James Remnant
Rolling back to In Progress since this hasn't actually landed in trunk yet ** Changed in: upstart Status: Fix Committed = Triaged ** Changed in: upstart Status: Triaged = In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-03-11 Thread sPOiDar
Would I be likely to garner any traction in nominating this for SRU, considering the impact for server and cluster environments (and the fact that core services like MySQL are on upstart), the majority of which will be using LTS? Or at the very minimum, a backport? Judging from the attitude

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-03-03 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart Status: Triaged = Fix Released ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Fix Released ** Changed in: upstart Assignee: (unassigned) = James Hunt (jamesodhunt) ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = James Hunt (jamesodhunt)

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-03-03 Thread James Hunt
Upstart in Natty now supports Override files and the manual stanza. See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NattyNarwhal/TechnicalOverview#Upstart -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 Title:

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-02-05 Thread Manuel López-Ibáñez
Another usercase. I want sometimes to enable Samba to share files with someone, however, I don't want to have samba running all the time. According to this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1468111page=2 Red Hat and Mandriva use service daemon off. -- You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-01-03 Thread Bryan McLellan
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Scott James Remnant 94...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Because, believe it or not, it's not a very common use case - in the Debian and Ubuntu world, you're generally expected to uninstall services you don't need. Ah, but you want to use the service, you just don't

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-01-03 Thread Scott James Remnant
The feature planned for the next release is the support of override files, which augment configuration files, so you'll be able to do: echo manual /etc/init/apache.override if you prefer Scott On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Bryan McLellan b...@loftninjas.org wrote: On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-01-03 Thread Bryan McLellan
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Scott James Remnant 94...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: The feature planned for the next release is the support of override files, which augment configuration files, so you'll be able to do:  echo manual /etc/init/apache.override I think that is a smart choice

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2011-01-03 Thread Scott James Remnant
That's the exact plan, yes On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Bryan McLellan b...@loftninjas.org wrote: On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Scott James Remnant 94...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: The feature planned for the next release is the support of override files, which augment configuration

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-31 Thread mikegrb
Sometimes users forget that some developers are assholes that don't care about how they wish to use the software. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 Title: init: add

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-31 Thread Scott James Remnant
Do you often find that calling someone an asshole means they're more likely do something you want? I must try that sometime ;-) On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:36 AM, mikegrb mich...@thegrebs.com wrote: Sometimes users forget that some developers are assholes that don't care about how they wish to

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-30 Thread Scott James Remnant
Because, believe it or not, it's not a very common use case - in the Debian and Ubuntu world, you're generally expected to uninstall services you don't need. Also the Dpkg package manager *honours* deletes as a conffile change, so if you simply delete the job (or change its extension) it won't

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-30 Thread paul fox
expected to uninstall? says who? as the original submitter of this bug, let me be the one to point out this phrase from the description: this might be to temporarily disable a serial line getty, or whatever. that doesn't sound like a reason to uninstall to me. in any case, i think this

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-30 Thread Scott James Remnant
Indeed, all of those things work. The reason for the .conf suffix is because editors frequently write temporary working files into the same directory as the original file, they also write backup files, and package managers frequently write old or new files into the directory as well. You end up

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-30 Thread paul fox
fair enough. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 Title: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-30 Thread Scott James Remnant
The expected to uninstall comes from Debian Policy, btw. It probably shouldn't be a surprise that Debian still to this day doesn't provide a canon way to disable init scripts from running on boot aside from uninstalling the package. On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 5:49 PM, paul fox

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-30 Thread plouf
it's not a very common use case I wanted to desactivate avahi-daemon without uninstalling it. I think ubuntu is generally use by desktop users. A new user who want to optimize the computer ressource want to disable service he don't use every day without taking the risk to uninstall it. Today

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-30 Thread Scott James Remnant
Sometimes people forget that normal users don't care one iota about what a service is, let alone which are running on their machine On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:20 AM, plouf 94...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: it's not a very common use case I wanted to desactivate avahi-daemon without uninstalling

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-30 Thread mikegrb
No, my aim is to warn other users not to waste their time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 Title: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-29 Thread plouf
When does this spec https://launchpad.net/upstart/+spec/profiles will be added to upstart ? it is slightly embarassinng to not have a simple tool or a command line to disable jobs at startup. I'm really suprised such simple thing was not added from the beginning. -- You received this bug

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-29 Thread Scott James Remnant
Note that in Upstart 0.6.7, you can disable a job with: echo manual /etc/init/JOB.conf (this bug isn't completely fixed yet, because we want to allow a method to do that without modifying the original file) On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:59 PM, plouf 94...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: When does

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-29 Thread MestreLion
slightly embarassinng? Youre being very kind... Its a complete shame for Upstart not to have ANY means to disable services at startup. More incredibly is that Ubuntu (and even Debian) is now migrating to it. So now we are back to the old days of manually editing scripts? Hows that ANY

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-09-13 Thread Sergey Svishchev
Is there any recommended workaround? -- init: add non-destructive means to disable a job https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-09-13 Thread sPOiDar
Crazy as it may seem to replace the init system with one lacking this most basic of functionality: no - there doesn't appear to be any workaround. -- init: add non-destructive means to disable a job https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-09-13 Thread Jacob Peddicord
If you comment out (#) the start on line, it effectively disables the job while still making it available to start manually. This also ensures that dpkg still sees it on upgrades and your changes aren't overwritten. Not completely non-destructive, but it works. -- init: add non-destructive means

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-09-13 Thread Sergey Svishchev
Thanks, that will work for me. @sPOiDar: This missing feature is not actually required for upstart to do its job. It is, of course, very nice to have. -- init: add non-destructive means to disable a job https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-09-13 Thread sPOiDar
On 14/09/10 02:40, Sergey Svishchev wrote: @sPOiDar: This missing feature is not actually required for upstart to do its job. It is, of course, very nice to have. Upstart is an init system - being able to control which services are started on boot on a host is core functionality,

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-06-10 Thread sPOiDar
Sounds like this functionality could be provided by implementing the Profiles blueprint [1]? [1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/upstart/+spec/profiles -- init: add non-destructive means to disable a job https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-04-07 Thread Scott James Remnant
For sanity's sake, I'm closing the Ubuntu tasks for upstream Upstart bugs. I've experimented with having both, but it is just making bugs hard to find now. Will use the policy whereby bugs on the Ubuntu package exist in the Ubuntu packaging or patches only, any bugs in the Upstart code are

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-04-07 Thread paul fox
where can i find the upstream bug? -- init: add non-destructive means to disable a job https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-04-07 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 16:27 +, paul fox wrote: where can i find the upstream bug? This is the upstream bug ;-) Scott -- Have you ever, ever felt like this? Had strange things happen? Are you going round the twist? -- init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-04-07 Thread paul fox
sorry. clearly i didn't parse the status change attached to comment #6 correctly. i thought it was this bug that had been marked invalid. -- init: add non-destructive means to disable a job https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-04-07 Thread Bryan McLellan
Paul, Launchpad allows a single bug to be tracked in multiple places. When the upstream bug tracker is supported by launchpad we can track both the progress fixing the bug upstream, and the progress getting that fix into Ubuntu as these don't happen simultaneously. Scott uses launchpad to track

Re: [Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-04-07 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 17:47 +, Bryan McLellan wrote: Scott, will this policy set the upstart bug to fixed when it is committed to bzr or when it is fixed in an Ubuntu release? How will we tell when the other happens? Fix Released when a new upstream release of Upstart is made; which I

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-01-01 Thread Bryan McLellan
This feature is essential before we start moving certain services over to upstart. A example is to be able to start a server running mysql as a slave without mysql starting automatically, as we would need to verify binary log position between the servers first. Installing memcached, but running

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2009-06-18 Thread Scott James Remnant
The plan in 0.10 is that jobs will be in automatic mode by default, and can be placed into manual mode when necessary. manual mode means that the job will still show up in lists, and new instances will still be created as necessary, but they will not be automatically started by Upstart. A