Package: apcupsd Version: 3.14.8-2 Severity: normal When starting apcupsd via init script the init script fails to report errors. E.g. if you don't have a UPS connected to the computer apcupsd won't start, but the init script will report a success condition nonetheless.
The behaviour is similar when starting apcupsd directly; it will immediately fork and the original process will exit without an error message. The forked process will try to connect to the UPS in the background; when this fails, it will die silently after a few seconds. Only if I increase the debug level an error message appears after a while, but due to the fork apcupsd still returns with exit code 0 signalling success: iserv ~ # apcupsd -d 100; echo $? 0.000 apcupsd: apcupsd.c:219 Options parsed. 0.004 apcupsd: apcupsd.c:242 Config file /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf processed. 0.004 apcupsd: newups.c:102 write_lock at drivers.c:208 0.004 apcupsd: drivers.c:210 Looking for driver: usb 0.004 apcupsd: drivers.c:214 Driver dumb is configured. 0.004 apcupsd: drivers.c:214 Driver apcsmart is configured. 0.004 apcupsd: drivers.c:214 Driver net is configured. 0.004 apcupsd: drivers.c:214 Driver usb is configured. 0.004 apcupsd: drivers.c:217 Driver usb found and attached. 0.004 apcupsd: newups.c:108 write_unlock at drivers.c:234 0.004 apcupsd: drivers.c:236 Driver ptr=0x806c890 0.004 apcupsd: apcupsd.c:261 Attached to driver: usb 0.004 apcupsd: newups.c:102 write_lock at linux-usb.c:582 0 iserv ~ # 10.039 apcupsd: newups.c:108 write_unlock at linux-usb.c:601 apcupsd FATAL ERROR in linux-usb.c at line 609 Cannot find UPS device -- For a link to detailed USB trouble shooting information, please see <http://www.apcupsd.com/support.html>. 10.039 apcupsd: apclog.c:62 apcupsd FATAL ERROR in linux-usb.c at line 609 Cannot find UPS device -- For a link to detailed USB trouble shooting information, please see <http://www.apcupsd.com/support.html>. 10.039 apcupsd: newups.c:102 write_lock at linux-usb.c:631 10.039 apcupsd: newups.c:108 write_unlock at linux-usb.c:638 10.039 apcupsd: apclog.c:62 apcupsd error shutdown completed I realize that apcupsd probably forks so the user doesn't have to wait, but in this case I would prefer it to block until it has determined it can actually connect, and only then return with exit code 0, and with a non-zero exit code otherwise. This would be especially useful for scripting purposes. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-xen-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apcupsd depends on: ii libc6 2.7-18lenny4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library ii libwrap0 7.6.q-16 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra Versions of packages apcupsd recommends: pn apcupsd-doc <none> (no description available) Versions of packages apcupsd suggests: pn apcupsd-cgi <none> (no description available) pn hal <none> (no description available) ii udev 0.125-7+lenny3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
