Re: Bug#426877: dpkg: Option "--oknodo" should be the default behaviour for "start-stop-daemon" (LSB specs)
On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 11:58:17AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> writes:
> > On Sat, 05 Jul 2008, Marc Haber wrote:
> >> On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 10:58:35AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> >> > THanks, I could come up with a transition plan myself if needed. But
> >> > compare your suggestions with: "someone goes over all init scripts, file
> >> > bugs and in lenny+1 we're done".
> >> That'll cause tremendous pain for backporters. I'm opposed.
> > You're opposed to what? Fixing non-policy compliant init script?
> > I think you misunderstood. I don't want to change the default behaviour
> > of start-stop-daemon and as such, there's no need for any transition.
> Couldn't the default be changed once all init scripts have been fixed
> up?
No, because "fixed up" does not imply "switched to use --oknodo". It only
means *checking* the return value of s-s-d and handling it in a
policy-compliant manner; this is done for you if you use --oknodo, but you
don't have to use --oknodo and it's not appropriate for dpkg to break
scripts that don't use --oknodo but are policy compliant.
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