Bug#935302: insserv: bootlogd stops too early

[Jesse Smith]

On 8/23/19 8:22 AM, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
> 
> control: tags -1 +confirmed
> control: reassign -1 initscripts
> control: severity -1 normal
> 
> [2019-08-21 15:22] Thorsten Glaser <tg at mirbsd.de>
>> Package: insserv
>> Version: 1.20.0-2
>> Severity: minor
>>
>> Unsure which package, but:
>>
>> [???]
>> Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
>> Stopping boot logger: bootlogd.
>> Starting TLS tunnels:
>> Setting sysfs variables....
>> Starting Tomcat 9 servlet engine:.
>> User-mode networking switch disabled ... (warning).
>> Starting Micro Name Service Cache Daemon: unscd.
>> Starting libvirt logging daemon: virtlogd.
>> Starting libvirt management daemon: libvirtd.
>> Starting Remote Desktop Protocol server: xrdp-sesman xrdp[20190821-15:20:30] [DEBUG] Testing if xrdp can liste
>> n on 0.0.0.0 port 3389.
>> [20190821-15:20:30] [DEBUG] Closed socket 7 (AF_INET6 :: port 3389)
>> .
>> Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)
>> <13>Aug 21 15:20:33 rc.local[4234]: All done.
>>
>> This is clearly too early.
> 
> Definitely.
> 
> I added "Required-Start: $all" into /etc/init.d/stop-bootlogd and run
> insserv(8).  After that `stop-bootlogd` got ordered last. But there is
> one issue.
> 
> This way, both `rc.local' and `bootlogd` depend on $all, but their
> relation undefined. Well, it is lexicographic, but it plainly wrong.
> 
> Attempt to add "Required-Start: $all rc.local" causes multitude error
> messages from insserv:
> 
> 	insserv: Starting stop-bootlogd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true
> 
> @Thorsten Does it solves problem for you?
> 
> @Jesse Is is possible to specify dependencies between two scripts that
>        both depends on $all?
> 
> 

I don't think it is possible to fine-tune dependencies between scripts
when "$all" is used. The "$all" variable is supposed to be a very
special case when everything else is started or handled.

I'm not sure if we have a good way to specify two or more scripts that
are all handled last.