[Brendan O'Dea] > Debian Policy states (ยง9.3.1): > > "Also, if the script name ends `.sh', the script will be sourced > in runlevel `S' rather that being run in a forked subprocess, but > will be explicitly run by `sh' in all other runlevels".
What a strange thing for policy to specify. :) This will make it impossible to speed up the rcS.d boot by running scripts in parallel. It does not sound sensible to me. > This could probably be achieved with the attached patch, although > there are quite a few instances in /etc/init.d/*.sh scripts where > "exit" is called. These scripts need to be changed to use "return"* > appropriately before the behaviour is changed. Well, I would be surprised if any of the scripts used in rcS.d uses exit, as this would break the boot. The patch look good, but will be equivalent to a forked subprocess when running the scripts in parallel. > Note: I believe that "return" should work to exit from a script both > when sourced and when executed but perhaps someone with a copy of > POSIX could confirm. As far as I know, return will exit the script if used in the 'outer' scope. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
