Re: init.d scripts and LSB
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On Monday 06 May 2002 4:16 am, Craig Small wrote:
> Hello,
> I have got bug #138251 which talks about the init.d script and how it
> is missing some nices things etc.
>
> Should Debian scripts be following the LSB and if so, why doesn't the
> policy either mention the LSB or have the same standards?
>
> This is more important for me as the dh-make maintainer as a lot of
> people use it to make their own packages so I like to get it right.
>
> I'm not on debian-policy, so please CC me.
>
> - Craig
Having read all the posts pointing out that debian packages don't need to
follow LSB, I would like to suggest that we add the status option for init.d
scripts to policy. I would very useful to find out if a daemon is running
using a standard method, rather than having to do ps auxw | grep food and
hoping that fact that a process is running means that the daemon is still
working. Whether debian follows the LSB standard is a matter for discussion
after it has been decided to include the status method.
- --
David Pashley
david@davidpashley.com
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
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