Re: Bug#1859: Start/stop scripts do not work when not invoked by init

1995-11-14 Thread Bill Mitchell
Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > [...] It's just that /etc/init.d/functions is > obsolete, and should be replaced with an empty file so that people > stop thinking it's useful :-). > > It shouldn't be removed until all the packages that source it have > been updated not to do so, or they'l

Re: Bug#1859: Start/stop scripts do not work when not invoked by init

1995-11-13 Thread Andrew Howell
Ian Jackson writes: > > Heh :) Remember we're being nice to each other now Ian :) > > I didn't mean I didn't like his patch. I'm sure it does the right > thing as far as it goes. It's just that /etc/init.d/functions is > obsolete, and should be replaced with an empty file so that people > stop t

Re: Bug#1859: Start/stop scripts do not work when not invoked by init

1995-11-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Andrew Howell writes: > Ian Jackson writes: > > Harald Schueler writes: > > > I think "functions" should restore the arguments. The following patch > > > makes works for me: > > > > I prefer the patch below. > > Heh :) Remember we're being nice to each other now Ian :) I didn't mean I didn't lik

Re: Bug#1859: Start/stop scripts do not work when not invoked by init

1995-11-13 Thread Andrew Howell
Ian Jackson writes: > > Harald Schueler writes: > > I think "functions" should restore the arguments. The following patch > > makes works for me: > > I prefer the patch below. Heh :) Remember we're being nice to each other now Ian :) Andrew -- Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous eveni

Bug#1859: Start/stop scripts do not work when not invoked by init

1995-11-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Harald Schueler writes: > I think "functions" should restore the arguments. The following patch > makes works for me: I prefer the patch below. Ian. --- /etc/init.d/functions Sat Feb 25 21:20:35 1995 +++ /dev/null Thu Mar 30 21:18:57 1995 @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -#! /bin/sh -# -# functionsT

Bug#1859: Start/stop scripts do not work when not invoked by init

1995-11-13 Thread Harald Schueler
Package: sysvinit Version: 2.57b-1 I want to use the scripts in /etc/init.d to manually start/stop daemons, e.g. do a "xdm stop", then change the config, and finally "xdm start". I noticed that "xdm start/stop" does not work, when called manually. This is because it (and many other scripts) includ