Bug#935302: insserv: bootlogd stops too early

[Dmitry Bogatov]

[2019-08-25 21:01] Tito <farmatito at tiscali.it>
> On 8/25/19 6:06 PM, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
> > 
> > [2019-08-23 13:11] Jesse Smith <jessefrgsmith at yahoo.ca>
> >>>> @Jesse Is is possible to specify dependencies between two scripts
> >>>> that both depends on $all?
> >>
> >> What we might consider is adding new expandable dependency variables to
> >> insserv.conf. We already have things like $all, $time and $network.
> >> Maybe we need another variable like $rc-local to better define when
> >> scripts are supposed to run? Then bootlogd could depend on $rc-local
> >> instead of $all?
> > 
> > I tried following,
> > 
> >   * add '$rc_local rc.local' into /etc/insserv.conf
> >   * add 'Required-Start: $rc_local' into /etc/init.d/bootlogd
> > 
> > but it still causes errors from insserv(8). Did I correctly understood
> > your suggestion?
> > 
> > Still, I think the most straightforward (from interface point of view)
> > way is to add support inter-depencies between 'Required-Start: $all'
> > scripts.
> > 
> > Handwavingly, I see following algorithm:
> > 
> >   * split init scripts into two groups -- ones that depends on $all and
> >     ones that don't
> >   * Implement topological sorting in both group, ignoring $all in first
> >     group
> >   * concatenate resulting ordering
> > 
> > Are there implementation problems, that make is unfeasible?
> > 

> Hi,
> maybe simpler to create $last for bootlogd to be executed after all
> other scripts?

Do you mean it can be implemented with insserv as-is, or it requires
adding another magic $variable into insserv C code?
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