On 19/11/17 20:40, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 19:32:48 +0000, Dave wrote in message
> <755e8783-b399-2941-0d2d-40aac66294c3@???>:
>
>> On 19/11/17 14:10, Jaromil wrote:
>>> hi all
>>>
>>> Can anyone clarify how /etc/rc.local is being removed in Debian 9?
>>>
>>> I got this from rumors in bitcoin's core development, since I'm not
>>> subscribed to Debian lists. The rumor is confirmed by some online
>>> debates on gitlab and stack overflow.
>>>
>>> Can someone point out to the decision process for this?
>>>
>>> Following up after the conversation on redis, when we had the
>>> elected Debian leader chiming in here to defend his position and
>>> keep deleting init.d scripts, I still believe this is again "even
>>> worst than I thought" and it is "vandalism".
>>>
>>> This will certainly keep playing in favor of our fork since
>>> no-nonsense people will come this way, but is very painful to see
>>> Debian's users are being mistreated to this point.
>>>
>>> What is happening, and is a pattern, is that parts of Debian that
>>> work well and are widely used by people are being arbitrarily
>>> removed. This doesn't make Debian "universal" anymore, while
>>> betraying once again its mandate of respecting user's freedom.
>>> Noone can trust Debian if it keeps changing things that work for
>>> some, just because of imposing a new thing that others like. Well
>>> beyond and nothwitstanding the qualities of any free and open
>>> source software, Debian is clearly harming another sort of freedom,
>>> the sort that was granted in the free space we all knew rc.local
>>> has always been..
>>>
>>> is there any internal discussion about such governance issues in
>>> Debian? is there any hope the current leadership will change and
>>> perhaps repair what this vandalism is breaking?
>>>
>>>
>>> ciao
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> I run debian sid on my laptop. I don't know why it has been done but
>> if I've understood what you need to know, this is how rc.local is now
>> at the sharp end:-
>>
>> /etc/init.d/rc.local
> ..you have no /etc/rc.local ?
>
>> #! /bin/sh
>> ### BEGIN INIT INFO
>> # Provides: rc.local
>> # Required-Start: $all
>> # Required-Stop:
>> # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
>> # Default-Stop:
>> # Short-Description: Run /etc/rc.local if it exist
>> ### END INIT INFO
>>
>>
>> PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
>>
>> . /lib/init/vars.sh
>> . /lib/lsb/init-functions
>>
>> do_start() {
>> if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
>> [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_begin_msg "Running local
>> boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
>> /etc/rc.local
>> ES=$?
>> [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg $ES
>> return $ES
>> fi
>> }
>>
>> case "$1" in
>> start)
>> do_start
>> ;;
>> restart|reload|force-reload)
>> echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
>> exit 3
>> ;;
>> stop|status)
>> # No-op
>> exit 0
>> ;;
>> *)
>> echo "Usage: $0 start|stop" >&2
>> exit 3
>> ;;
>> esac
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> /etc/rc.local
>>
>> #!/bin/sh -e
>> #
>> # rc.local
>> #
>> # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
>> # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
>> # value on error.
>> #
>> # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
>> # bits.
>> #
>> # By default this script does nothing.
>>
>> exit 0
>>
>> ++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> DaveT
> ..how old is your /etc/init.d/rc.local?
> As in: ll /etc/init.d/rc.local &&dpkg -l initscripts |grep ^ii |fmt -tu
>
> ..mine are:
> root@d44:~# ll /etc/init.d/rc.local &&dpkg -l initscripts |grep ^ii
> |fmt -tu
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 820 May 29 2015 /etc/init.d/rc.local
> ii initscripts 2.88dsf-59.2+devuan2 amd64 scripts for initializing and
> shutting down the system
> root@d44:~#
> rir:~# ll /etc/init.d/rc.local &&dpkg -l initscripts |grep ^ii |fmt -tu
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 820 Apr 21 2014 /etc/init.d/rc.local
> ii initscripts 2.88dsf-59 armhf scripts for initializing and shutting
> down the system
> rir:~#
> root@raspberrypi:~# ll /etc/init.d/rc.local &&dpkg -l initscripts |grep
> ^ii |fmt -tu -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 782 Oct 15
> 2012 /etc/init.d/rc.local ii initscripts 2.88dsf-41+deb7u1 armhf
> scripts for initializing and shutting down the system
> root@raspberrypi:~#
>
> ..no /etc/rc.local.
>
I'm confused...
The timestamp on my /etc/init.d/rc.local is 2015-04-06, I keep my laptop
fully up to date, as in daily updates, and my laptop isn't even that
old! And that 'll' whatever stuff comes back with command not found -
even with sudo...
DaveT
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