Bug#661314: insserv: script <foo> is not an executable regular file, skipped!

[Dmitry Bogatov]

control: reassign -1 insserv
control: tags -1 +moreinfo

>  update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
>  insserv: script vsftpd is not an executable regular file, skipped!
>
> However vsftpd was not skipped --- the "update-rc.d vsftpd disable"
> command behaves exactly the way I'd have wanted, even after the init
> script is marked executable again.
>
> What is this message intended to convey?  Could it be reworded?
>
> The non-executable script gets ignored, then later when insserv updates the
> symlink farm based on the overall dependency graph (which doesn't include the
> skipped script), symlinks to scripts which do not exist or are invalid are
> removed.

> Ok, so that is what the message wants to say.  How about:

> insserv: script vsftpd is not executable, will be skipped in boot sequence!
> insserv: script vsftpd is not a regular file, will be skipped in boot sequence!

Jesse, what do you think about proposed rewording?

If you agree, please tag as +fixed-upstream, otherwise tag as +wontfix
and close. Thank you.