[projects/rc-scripts.git] / TODO

$Id$

Important:
- don't set any flags automatically; always follow user
  suggestion (multicast, arp)
- merge baggins changes in atm-rc (added support for RFC1483/2684 Bridged
  protocol)
- killproc() sucks and has no consistency, error reporting
  you'll never know which side of PROCNAME you should add the --waitforname or -SIGNAL args
  because if you put -SIGNAL at wrong side of PROGNAME it will enter infinitive loop:
    killproc -TERM --waitforname slapd --waitfortime 300 slapd
  if you put --waitforname at wrong side, it will just ignore them:
    killproc slapd -TERM --waitforname slapd --waitfortime 300
  while correct would be:
    killproc --waitforname slapd --waitfortime 300 slapd -TERM
- switch to use __umount_*loop instead of own umount loop when stopping system
- rc-scripts won't work if /dev/console is invalid (for example I made typo when configuring serial
  console, console=ttys1,... instead of console=ttyS1) - rc.d/rc uses /dev/console a lot

Other:
- maybe merge ATM rc scripts

We are waiting for suggestions.

upstart:
+upstart_controlled --except reload
+
+# return true if service is considered "up"
+# with upstart, upstart is consulted
+# otherwise lockfile in subsys must exist
+is_service_up() {
+	use_upstart && is_upstart_running "$1" || [ -f /var/lock/subsys/"$1" ]
+}
+

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	1	$Id$
	2
	3	Important:
	4	- don't set any flags automatically; always follow user
	5	suggestion (multicast, arp)
	6	- merge baggins changes in atm-rc (added support for RFC1483/2684 Bridged
	7	protocol)
	8	- killproc() sucks and has no consistency, error reporting
	9	you'll never know which side of PROCNAME you should add the --waitforname or -SIGNAL args
	10	because if you put -SIGNAL at wrong side of PROGNAME it will enter infinitive loop:
	11	killproc -TERM --waitforname slapd --waitfortime 300 slapd
	12	if you put --waitforname at wrong side, it will just ignore them:
	13	killproc slapd -TERM --waitforname slapd --waitfortime 300
	14	while correct would be:
	15	killproc --waitforname slapd --waitfortime 300 slapd -TERM
	16	- switch to use __umount_*loop instead of own umount loop when stopping system
	17	- rc-scripts won't work if /dev/console is invalid (for example I made typo when configuring serial
	18	console, console=ttys1,... instead of console=ttyS1) - rc.d/rc uses /dev/console a lot
	19
	20	Other:
	21	- maybe merge ATM rc scripts
	22
	23	We are waiting for suggestions.
	24
	25	upstart:
	26	+upstart_controlled --except reload
	27	+
	28	+# return true if service is considered "up"
	29	+# with upstart, upstart is consulted
	30	+# otherwise lockfile in subsys must exist
	31	+is_service_up() {
	32	+ use_upstart && is_upstart_running "$1" \|\| [ -f /var/lock/subsys/"$1" ]
	33	+}
	34	+
	35
	36	from nscd.init
	37