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["Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik" <ruskie AT mages.ath.cx>]

On 00:10:53 2007-09-18 "Javier Vasquez" <jevv.cr AT gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/17/07, Javier Vasquez <jevv.cr AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/16/07, "Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik" <ruskie AT mages.ath.cx> wrote:
> > > On 07:34:26 2007-09-17 "Javier Vasquez" <jevv.cr AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to write some personal spells, but the only thing
> > > > preventing further progress is the fact that one of them require 2
> > > > daemon scripts to be included in /etc/init.d/runlevels/%S.  Well I
> > > > think that should be the right place although I might be wrong...
> > > > The others require as well 1 script to be included there as well
> > > >
> > > > Copying the scripts in the expected place doesn't seem to do the
> > > > magic since I can call them manually by
> > > > "/etc/init.d/runlevels/%S/<my_script> start" for example, but when
> > > > rebooting the machine I don't see the daemons getting called and
> > > > when looking for the processes, I don't find them...
> > > >
> > > > There must be some procedure to do this, but the spell writing for
> > > > dumies doesn't help me...  Can some one point out how to do this,
> > > > specially when there's more than one script per spell to be
> > > > included?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Put the init scrips into(this will ensure they are installed
> > > automaticaly during casting(if you specify so)):
> > > $SPELLDIR/init.d
> > >
> > > And make sure the init scripts conform to our system i.e.:
> > > added the following variables into them:
> > > PROGRAM=/foo/bar/baz
> > > RUNLEVEL=[one of S, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, DEV]
> > > Next only needed if it has any dependencies...
> > > NEEDS= 
> > >
> > >
> > > This is more or less the official way...
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andraž "ruskie" Levstik
> >
> > So one option, following your comment, implies that I should extract
> > from the tarball the script and place it under the spell directory,
> > and besides modify it to comply...  modutils might be an example
> > maybe...
> >
> > I saw the acpid example, and although I didn't understand it pretty
> > well, it seems like another option is to place the scripts somewhere
> > else and call them through the one placed in the spell under init.d...
> >  This although looking +/- simple, might not be suitable all the time,
> > specially when the application installs a binary in the common place
> > for binaries, and besides a script with the same name under init.d,
> > then a name change or something needs to apply in order for everything
> > to work...  Well, I'll try with this 2nd option and see how it goes...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Javier
> 
> 
> So I couldn't get it working with separate scripts somewhere else,
> plus just a wrapper in /etc/init.d/runlevels/%* which is to be placed
> in init.d under the spell directory...  When performing "telinit run
> <script> ARG" it looks like ARG is always lost and doesn't reach the
> original script...
> 
> Instead I came up with a not so nice work around...  I patch the
> original scripts so that they always include at the very beginning:
> 
> RUNLEVEL=*
> . /etc/init.d/smgl_init
> 
> Then I place in the init.d spell subDir a fake wrapper with:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> PROGRAM=<tmp_dir>/<script>
> RUNLEVEL=*
> . /etc/init.d/smgl_init
> 

If you're sourcing smgl_init functions you need to use /bin/bash


> Then I modify INSTALL so that the script is placed under <tmp_dir>,
> and also add FINAL, so that <tmp_dir>/<script> replaces the fake
> wrapper placed under /etc/init.d/runlevel/%*....
> 
> This seems to work, except that somehow /etc/init.d/smgl_init gives
> the following error:
> 
> /etc/init.d/smgl_functions: line 107: : command not found
> 
> Which corresponds to:
> 
> local SCRIPTW="$($SCRIPTC)$SCRIPT$($NORMAL)"
> 

Read the previous line :)

> A weird assignment, but assignment at the end...  Is any one familiar
> with it?  Does any onw know if it's critical to attend?  At any rate,
> the script seems to follow through the rest even though the error
> message is flagged...
> 


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