Package: sysvinit Version: 2.86.ds1-38.1 Severity: minor Tags: patch File: update-rc.d
update-rc.d's online help is misleading.
This fails:
ritter:/etc/init.d# update-rc.d bip-eddy defaults s99 k00
update-rc.d: error: codenumber must be a number between 0 and 99
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN]
update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
-n: not really
-f: force
While this does not (notice the missing 's' and 'k' before the numbers):
ritter:/etc/init.d# update-rc.d bip-eddy defaults 99 00
Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/bip-eddy ...
/etc/rc0.d/K00bip-eddy -> ../init.d/bip-eddy
/etc/rc1.d/K00bip-eddy -> ../init.d/bip-eddy
/etc/rc6.d/K00bip-eddy -> ../init.d/bip-eddy
/etc/rc2.d/S99bip-eddy -> ../init.d/bip-eddy
/etc/rc3.d/S99bip-eddy -> ../init.d/bip-eddy
/etc/rc4.d/S99bip-eddy -> ../init.d/bip-eddy
/etc/rc5.d/S99bip-eddy -> ../init.d/bip-eddy
Attached is a small patch that fixes the issue. I know that not having it clear
from the start which number is for which operation, but is a lot better than
trying sNN kNN...
Also, I think that having [NN | NN NN] in the online help gives a hint about the
fact that the two forms mean two different things (from a user PoV).
--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-amd64
Debian Release: lenny/sid
900 testing www.emdebian.org
900 testing snapshot.debian.net
900 testing security.debian.org
900 testing ftp.ro.debian.org
900 testing eddyp.homelinux.net
10 unstable ftp.ro.debian.org
10 unstable eddyp.homelinux.net
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
===========================-+-============
libc6 (>= 2.6-1) | 2.6.1-1
libselinux1 (>= 2.0.15) | 2.0.15-2+b1
libsepol1 (>= 2.0.3) | 2.0.3-1+b1
--- debian/sysv-rc/sbin/update-rc.d~ 2007-09-27 12:38:29.000000000 +0300
+++ debian/sysv-rc/sbin/update-rc.d 2007-09-27 12:40:24.000000000 +0300
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
print STDERR "update-rc.d: error: @_\n" if ($#_ >= 0);
print STDERR <<EOF;
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
- update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN]
+ update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | NN NN]
update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
-n: not really
-f: force
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