Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Setting up directories in /var during boot.

[roy b. <roy...@ya...>]

Dick,

> Although a bit of a bodge I think it would be more appropriate for one 
> to patch the few init files that are affected after each reinstall
> (a relatively rare event) than impose all this dynamic on every service 

I don't disagree.  On my main firewall I run the same version of DL for a year or two then upgrade.
When a new major version comes out I normally follow the Release Candidates, so this would incease my testing.

I agree that the idea of only patching init.d scripts as required is "a bit of a bodge" and in my opinion makes things more difficult for others using the mechanic,as they would first have to check if the required init.d has been patched for Pre-Start scripts and then created the directory as per previous email.  I think this make the idea more complicated, I don't now if that is an issue as I would expect DL to be used by Linux Savvy SysAdmins.

I did consider using an eviroment variable to enable/disable the functionality but as the directory existance checks are on the ram drive I could see no gain.

I am interested in your other comment:
> Or better still put the service in a wrapper script so that all
> startup matters are part of the application concerned.

Can you please expand your wrapper script idea, as this may be a better solution.

Many Thanks,
Roy Barnard


--- On Tue, 11/5/10, Dick Middleton <di...@fo...> wrote:

> From: Dick Middleton <di...@fo...>
> Subject: Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Setting up directories in /var during boot.
> To: dev...@li...
> Date: Tuesday, 11 May, 2010, 16:20
> On 05/11/10 15:27, roy barnard
> wrote:
> 
> > If I just add the commands I need to the specific
> init.d scripts, then it will solve my issues but it also
> means I will need to edit and maintain these scripts each
> time I upgrade to the next version of DL. If I need to apply
> patches to any of my modified init.d scripts (from mantis
> for example), I will need to remove my changes, patch and
> then reapply my changes.
> >
> > I was trying to think about more of a global solution.
> If this is an issue for me then I always try to consider if
> it might be an issue for others.
> ...
>  > Does anyone else need this type of configuration
> flexibility?
> 
> It seems like a lot of overhead to run maybe one
> script.   It does 
> depend how much this capability is likely to be used.
> 
> Although a bit of a bodge I think it would be more
> appropriate for one 
> to patch the few init files that are affected after each
> reinstall (a 
> relatively rare event) than impose all this dynamic on
> every service 
> just in case.  Or better still put the service in a
> wrapper script so 
> that all startup matters are part of the application
> concerned.
> 
> Dick
> 
> 
> 
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