[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] dhcpcd: add SysV start-up script

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 05-11-17 09:10, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Arnout, All,
> 
> On 2017-11-04 20:56 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
>> On 02-11-17 23:23, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 23:18:47 +0100, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
>>>
>>>>>  - Same for the configuration file: I prefer a loud error than an init
>>>>>    script that ignores the problem.  
>>>>
>>>> Agreed, too.
>>>>
>>>> However:
>>>>
>>>>   - if the config file is mandatory, then this should be a failure.
>>>>
>>>>   - if the config file is optional, then it missing should be silently
>>>>     ignored and the service started nonetheless.
>>>
>>> So you want explicitly handling for the "missing configuration file"
>>> situation in the init script?
>>>
>>> I wanted to avoid explicit handling, and just let the daemon whine (or
>>> not) if its config file is missing.
>>
>>  I vaguely remember a recently added package where the daemon would silently
>> fail to start if the config file is missing, and which doesn't even have a
>> default config file. So I think checking for existence of the config file in the
>> init script (if the config file is mandatory) makes sense.
> 
> Then it is the responsibility of the package.mk to install one if it is
> mandatory. Otherwise,that means the packaging is incomplete because it
> does not allow the package to work as expected.

 So you mean all packages should do like inadyn: install an example
configuration file even if that is guaranteed not to work.

 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
> And in that case, I side with Thomas' initial suggestion: we should not
> check from the init scripts, because we expect the .mk files to be
> correct.
> 
> Regards,
> Yann E. MORIN.
> 
>>
>>  Regards,
>>  Arnout
>>
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Arnout Vandecappelle                          arnout at mind be
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Essensium/Mind                                http://www.mind.be
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