[Grml] grml-debootstrap misc questions
Michael Prokop
mika at grml.org
Wed Oct 1 01:40:03 CEST 2008
* T o n g <mlist4suntong at yahoo.com> [20081001 01:17]:
> On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:43:27 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:
> >> I thought those services are started right when we chroot into the sub
> >> system. . .
> > Huh?! Services won't be started in the chroot at all. That's why we
> > install our own /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d and remove it at the end.
> Ah, ok, I understand it now. the /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d is used to prevent
> aptitude from starting services when installing packages right? I saw a
> message in debian-mlist titled "Prevent aptitude from starting services",
> and got the impression that services are started right when we chroot
> into the sub system.
Yes. policy-rc.d can exit with different return codes depending on
what you would like to get. This is great for example for preventing
any services to start up in a chroot where you don't want it to - as
we need it in grml-debootstrap. :)
When executing "chroot /path" you just change your NEWROOT, it's not
an init system - so no need to hassle with services then. :)
BTW: We at grml provide this mechanism to the user ready-to-go:
% cat /etc/policy-rc.d.conf
# Filename: /etc/policy-rc.d.conf
# Purpose: configuration file for /usr/sbin/grml-policy-rc.d
# Authors: grml-team (grml.org), (c) Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org>
# Bug-Reports: see http://grml.org/bugs/
# License: This file is licensed under the GPL v2.
# Latest change: Sam Jul 08 01:29:41 CEST 2006 [mika]
################################################################################
# Do you want to run invoke-rc.d?
EXITSTATUS='0'
# 0 - action allowed
# 1 - unknown action (therefore, undefined policy)
# 100 - unknown initscript id
# 101 - action forbidden by policy
# 102 - subsystem error
# 103 - syntax error
# 104 - [reserved]
# 105 - behaviour uncertain, policy undefined.
# 106 - action not allowed. Use the returned fallback actions
# (which are implied to be "allowed") instead.
# More information:
# http://people.debian.org/~hmh/invokerc.d-policyrc.d-specification.txt
## END OF FILE #################################################################
Now when I have a big Debian update where several services should
*NOT* be restarted I just set EXITSTATUS to 101 and package
grml-policyrcd and policyrcd-script-zg2 do the rest for me. When the
upgrade finishes I just restore it to the default again
(EXITSTATUS='0') and the system behaves as "usual".
Small but nifty feature. :)
> thanks for clarification.
you're welcome.
regards,
-mika-
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