run-parts unsorted ?

Tommi Kyntola tommi.kyntola at ray.fi
Thu Sep 13 07:52:46 UTC 2007


Sorry, I meant between 1.5 and 1.6. The 1.5 and 1.4 have
essentially the same run_parts.c

cheers,
Tommi

Tommi Kyntola wrote:
> I tried searching the mailing list briefly about this, but
> couldn't find anything about the lexicographical sort order
> having been changed in run-parts, but it seems like it has.
> 
> Scripts used to be run in sorted order, but that's no longer the case.
> 
> The change took place between 1.4.2 to 1.5.0 when the run_parts
> was apparently rewritten.
> 
> Was the change intentional?
> 
> Or do we need a patch for it?
> 
> The man page of run-parts clearly suggests that it should run
> in lexicographical sort order. I don't mind using other means
> to run my /etc/rc.d/S* scripts, but run-parts seems no longer
> suitable for that...
> 
> cheers,
> Tommi Kyntola
> tommi.kyntola at ray.fi
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