Server postinst now waits for server to start working in a more reliable

[disorder] / debian / postinst.disorder-server

diff --git a/debian/postinst.disorder-server b/debian/postinst.disorder-server
index cb5e60d009a4397e7463cc0acaf52eb884b1be17..4d0e3cff26aa27d3a93839f0e93589804382e64c 100755 (executable)
--- a/debian/postinst.disorder-server
+++ b/debian/postinst.disorder-server
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 #
 # This file is part of DisOrder
-# Copyright (C) 2004, 2007, 2008 Richard Kettlewell
+# Copyright (C) 2004, 2007-2009 Richard Kettlewell
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -34,10 +34,31 @@ configure_init_d() {
 }
 
 restart_server() {
+  local first
+  local time
   invoke-rc.d disorder restart
-  # Wait for the server to get going.  This is a horrid bodge and ought
-  # to be done away with, but is required for the time being.  Sorry.
-  sleep 5
+  # Wait for the server to start
+  first=true
+  time=0
+  while :; do
+    if disorder version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      break
+    else
+      if [ $time -gt 30 ]; then
+        echo
+        echo "Server did not stablize in a reasonable amount of time"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+      if $first; then
+       printf "Waiting for server to stabilize"
+       first=false
+      fi
+      printf "."
+      sleep 1
+    fi
+    time=`expr $time + 1`
+  done
+  echo
 }
 
 setup_guest() {