openrc-discuss

On Tuesday 01 December 2009 18:55:43 Hugo Mildenberger wrote:
> Sorry for not using bugs.marples.name as you indicated in your Readme file,
> but the name currently does not resolve. Similarily, your site does not
> indicate how to file a bug report (do I need an OpenID for doing that?)

Fixed the README.
You currently need OpenID, but I am evaluating moving all my projects into 
Redmine as I've been suffering from a long problem with trac and pooled DB 
connections not closing properly which my server is now struggling with.

> I would like to know if there is a runscript interface providing a service
> dependency list for a virtual service, which could be used from within an
>  init script.
> 
> Actually, you could call any script residing in /etc/init.d with parameters
> like "iuse", "ineed", "ibefore" and so on, but you can't do that for
>  virtual services like "net" or "logger".
> 
> Having such an interface available is of some interest with regard to
>  firewall init scripts. E.g., one would  prefer not to use a "logger"
>  prerequisite, if the  "logger" implementation actually depends on "net",
>  or at least issue a strong warning about a likely misconfiguration.
> 
> Alternatively, perhaps one could already test for named virtual
>  dependencies?

We could add a --provides net feature to rc-status.
If I forget, open a bug :)

However, you should remember that provided services are not always fixed and 
depend on the current state of the system, hence the option being against
rc-status.

Thanks

Roy