Bas Wijnen writes ("Re: Need some guide with LSB core"):
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 08:27:45PM +0530, V.Krishn wrote:
> > Conforming scripts shall not specify the "exit on error" option (i.e.
> > set -e) when sourcing this file, or calling any of the commands thus
> > made available.
>
> From the bugs you cite, the consensus in Debian seems to be that this is
> an unreasonable requirement which leads to buggy code. However, since
> it is a requirement, we follow it and try to be very careful to avoid
> bugs.
I think we need to be clear that Debian policy is that init scripts
shipped by Debian for Debian SHOULD NOT comply with this wrongheaded
LSB requirement.
LSB is, after all, a specification for third-party packages. init
scripts written for Debian are first-party and can be Debian specific.
Ian.
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