[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] dhcpcd: add SysV start-up script

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Arnout, All,

On 2017-11-04 20:56 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
> On 02-11-17 23:23, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 23:18:47 +0100, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > 
> >>>  - Same for the configuration file: I prefer a loud error than an init
> >>>    script that ignores the problem.  
> >>
> >> Agreed, too.
> >>
> >> However:
> >>
> >>   - if the config file is mandatory, then this should be a failure.
> >>
> >>   - if the config file is optional, then it missing should be silently
> >>     ignored and the service started nonetheless.
> > 
> > So you want explicitly handling for the "missing configuration file"
> > situation in the init script?
> > 
> > I wanted to avoid explicit handling, and just let the daemon whine (or
> > not) if its config file is missing.
> 
>  I vaguely remember a recently added package where the daemon would silently
> fail to start if the config file is missing, and which doesn't even have a
> default config file. So I think checking for existence of the config file in the
> init script (if the config file is mandatory) makes sense.

Then it is the responsibility of the package.mk to install one if it is
mandatory. Otherwise,that means the packaging is incomplete because it
does not allow the package to work as expected.

And in that case, I side with Thomas' initial suggestion: we should not
check from the init scripts, because we expect the .mk files to be
correct.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> 
>  Regards,
>  Arnout
> 
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