Bug#1119154: init-d-script: provide setpriv logic in a reusable form

[Andrew Bower]

Package: sysvinit-utils
Version: 3.15-5
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

Please could the logic to determine the setpriv wrapper command prefix be
provided in such a way as it can be used in stop, reload, prepare and cleanup
operations, etc.?

SETPRIV_ARGS=x works great if you only need to use it for daemon start but an
init-d-script script instantly looks ugly if the relevant code has to be copied
and pasted to use with other operations:

  if [ "$SETPRIV_ARGS" ]; then
    if ! PATH=/bin:/usr/bin command -v setpriv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
      echo "WARNING: setpriv not available, ignoring SETPRIV_ARGS" >&2
      unset SETPRIV_ARGS
    fi
  fi

Thanks,

Andrew


-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
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Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.16.11+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
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