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Package: release.debian.org
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User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: unblock
X-Debbugs-Cc: plorenzo@disroot.org
Dear release team,
this is a pre-approval request for a runit upload.
[ Reason ]
The switch for SysVinit users is broken, the current code works
only if a user types 'reboot', then login into the emergency shell
and types 'reboot' again (see #991227).
With the attached patch:
* the -f and -r flags work as expected
* the shutdown interface is documented in the manpage.
[ Impact ]
Without this patch SysVinit users will likely need to press the reset button (see #991227),
which is a regression compared to the runit's version in Buster - the bug was introduced
in runit 2.1.2-27 (#919699).
Poweroff instead of reboot when the -r flag is passed (#990774) can be bad if one
does 'shutdown -r now' on a remote machine expecting to be able to login again..
[ Tests ]
I've manually run the qemu autopkgtest to ensure that there is no regression
for the systemd-->runit-init switch.
I've tested in Virtualbox that the patch fixes the SysVinit-->runit-init switch,
which is currently broken in unstable/testing.
I'm using the runit package from experimental that include the proposed
fix and shutdown or reboot works as expected.
[ Risks ]
This change affects runit-init users (popcon ~ 20) and users of
other init systems but only when they perform the switch to runit.
[ Checklist ]
[x] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
[x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
[x] attach debdiff against the package in testing
unblock runit/2.1.2-41
Lorenzo
diff -Nru ./runit/debian/changelog ./runit-bullseye/debian/changelog
--- ./runit/debian/changelog 2021-07-25 15:48:55.494007628 +0200
+++ ./runit-bullseye/debian/changelog 2021-07-25 17:03:59.122707529 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+runit (2.1.2-41) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Cherry-pick shutdown.c fixes from experimental
+ for incoming stable release:
+ - fix broken switch from SysVinit due to wrong
+ command line parsing logic
+ - reboot the system with -r flag instead of poweroff
+ - Update shutdown(8) manpage
+
+ -- Lorenzo Puliti <plorenzo@disroot.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2021 16:35:08 +0200
+
runit (2.1.2-40) unstable; urgency=medium
* Ack previous NMU, thanks Boyuan Yang for the upload
diff -Nru ./runit/debian/contrib/shutdown.8 ./runit-bullseye/debian/contrib/shutdown.8
--- ./runit/debian/contrib/shutdown.8 2021-07-25 15:48:55.494007628 +0200
+++ ./runit-bullseye/debian/contrib/shutdown.8 2021-07-25 16:23:23.731732301 +0200
@@ -1,15 +1,66 @@
-.TH SHUTDOWN 8 "Oct 10, 2016" "" "GNU/Linux System Adminstrator's manual"
+.TH SHUTDOWN 8 "July 16, 2021" "" "GNU/Linux System Adminstrator's manual"
.SH NAME
-shutdown, reboot, poweroff \- stop the system
+shutdown, reboot, poweroff \- poweroff or reboot the system
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B /sbin/shutdown
+.B /sbin/shutdown [-w] [-f] [-r]
.br
-.B /sbin/reboot
+.B /sbin/reboot [-w] [-f] [-r]
.br
-.B /sbin/halt
+.B /sbin/halt [-w] [-f] [-r]
+.br
+.B /sbin/poweroff [-w] [-f] [-r]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-SysV-init compatibility scripts, that just invokes
-.BR /sbin/init ,
-which are expected by graphical desktop environments.
+.BR Shutdown
+is a program to poweroff or reboot the system that maintains some compatibility with
+original SysV-init halt, poweroff, reboot and shutdown programs.
+These programs are expected by some initscripts, graphical desktop environments and tools like acpi.
+.RE
+When called as shutdown, halt or poweroff without options,
+.BR runit(8)
+is told to shutdown the system and poweroff.
+.RE
+When called as reboot
+.BR runit(8)
+is told to reboot the system.
+.RE
+When
+.BR runit(8)
+is not the current init system this program sends data in the appropriate format to perform the requested action to the initctl pipe, if it exists.
+.SH OPTIONS
+
+.TP
+.B \-f, \-\-force
+Force unsafe reboot or poweroff immediately without signaling the init system.
+This will likely result in an unclean shutdown an can cause data loss or corruption.
+
+.TP
+.B \-w, \-\-wtmp\-only
+No-Op, maintained for compatibility with initscripts. See #919699
+
+.TP
+.B \-r
+Reboot the system regardless of how the command is called.
+.SH SWITCHING FORM OTHER INIT SYSTEMS
+This program maintains a compatibility layer with SysV-init's initctl pipe according to the spec described in SysV-init's initctl(5). This allow one to reboot the system when switching from another init to runit-init.
+.RE
+Currently only switching from systemd and SysV-init is tested but any other init system that maintains an initctl pipe compatible with SysV's one should work.
+
+.SH BUGS
+Non existent or unsupported options are silently ignored.
+.RE
+Combining flags, like
+.B halt -wf
+is not supported, all merged short options will be ignored.
+.RE
+The
+.B -r
+flag will always reboot the system, even if called as poweroff or halt; this is counterintuitive.
+.RE
+The
+.B -f
+flag is used as in
+.B halt -f
+but it should have a different effect when the program is called as shutdown.
+
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR init (8)
diff -Nru ./runit/debian/contrib/shutdown.c ./runit-bullseye/debian/contrib/shutdown.c
--- ./runit/debian/contrib/shutdown.c 2021-07-25 15:48:55.494007628 +0200
+++ ./runit-bullseye/debian/contrib/shutdown.c 2021-07-25 16:19:07.389733631 +0200
@@ -134,14 +134,16 @@
}
for (i = 1; i != argc; ++i) {
- if (strcmp(argv[i], "-f"))
+ if (strcmp(argv[i], "-f") == 0)
cfg->force = true;
- if (strcmp(argv[i], "--force"))
+ if (strcmp(argv[i], "--force") == 0)
cfg->force = true;
- if (strcmp(argv[i], "-w"))
+ if (strcmp(argv[i], "-w") == 0)
cfg->wtmp_only = true;
- if (strcmp(argv[i], "--wtmp-only"))
+ if (strcmp(argv[i], "--wtmp-only") == 0)
cfg->wtmp_only = true;
+ if (strcmp(argv[i], "-r") == 0)
+ cfg->action = ACTION_REBOOT;
}
}
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