Re: question about rc.local

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>]

On 2023-03-10 09:58:55 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 04:55:03PM +0200, Anssi Saari wrote:
> > Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> writes:
> > 
> > > Anssi Saari (12023-03-09):
> > >> Perhaps a note, since today in Debian by default it's systemd which runs
> > >> /etc/rc.local. There's no guarantee it's done last like there was in SysV
> > >> init since systemd runs stuff in parallel. Network availability also
> > >> isn't guaranteed. See man systemd-rc-local-generator.
> > >
> > > Maybe check facts before posting:
> > >
> > > # /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service
> > > …
> > > After=network.target
> > >
> > > # /usr/lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf
> > > [Unit]
> > > # not specified by LSB, but has been behaving that way in Debian under SysV
> > > # init and upstart
> > > After=network-online.target
> > 
> > True, I only checked the man page which doesn't mention
> > network-online.target, only network.target.
> 
> The man pages are most likely from upstream, and don't include the
> changes provided by Debian (in debian.conf).

It would be useful to have the man page patched (as sometimes done),
otherwise the user could be surprised.

Moreover, the above path
  /usr/lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf
is incorrect. This should be
  /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf

cventin:~> apt-file search rc-local.service.d
systemd: /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf

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