Re: [PATCH] opensm/configure.in: Remove Default-Start from opensmd init script

[Doug Ledford <dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

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On 1/30/2013 2:12 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 01/30/13 18:48, Doug Ledford wrote:
>> On 1/30/2013 11:00 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>>> Which convention is followed for other packages ? This is what I
>>> found in
>>> the Fedora 18 iscsi-initiator-utils package
>>> (http://be.mirror.eurid.eu/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/source/SRPMS/i/iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-19.fc18.src.rpm):
>>>
>>>
>>> * iscsid.init: Default-Start: 3 4 5
>>> * iscsi-initiator-utils.spec:
>>
>> Okay, first off, any package that still uses the SysV initscripts as of
>> Fedora 18 is not what I would call a package that is keeping up with the
>> Fedora packaging guidelines or Fedora technologies.  As such, I'm not
>> really sure you want to use it as an example of a good package.
>> However, that being said, you will note in this spec file that the iSCSI
>> initiator package does exactly what you removed, or suggested be
>> removed, from the opensmd spec file.  It unilaterally adds the
>> initscript to the system.  The default start/stop settings are
>> different, but the add action is the same.
>>
>> All initscripts should be added to the system, regardless of their
>> default start/stop settings, and the default-start and default-stop
>> should be used to control *how* they are added by default, and chkconfig
>> --level .* <scriptname> [on|off] should be used to control whether or
>> not they are on or off differently than their default settings.
> 
> Thanks for the detailed reply. Regarding the purpose of the patch at the
> start of this thread: do you know whether it is LSB-compliant to use
> "Default-Start: null" or should "Default-Start" be left out entirely in
> order not to create the start links ? See e.g.
> http://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/initscrcomconv.html.
> 
> 
> Bart.

I've always used "Default-start:" without any listed levels, but I
haven't really tested it either and the spec is not specific about this
particular possible configuration.



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