[OE-core] [PATCH] busybox.inc: have the busybox-syslog postinstall run on host

[Laurentiu Palcu]

On 01/14/2013 06:49 PM, Martin Jansa wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 06:39:29PM +0200, Laurentiu Palcu wrote:
>> update-rc.d fails when executing the postinstall on host. That's because
>> 'syslog' is renamed to 'syslog.busybox' and a 'syslog' link to it is made
>> instead. However, on host, the link is not valid and update-rc.d will
>> complain that the file does not exist. On target, this does not happen.
>>
>> So, this patch will have update-rc.d create the necessary links to
>> syslog.busybox instead. Technically, the behavior is unchanged and
>> syslogd will be started as usual. The only change will be the links in
>> rcX.d directories:
>>
>> Instead of: S20syslog -> ../init.d/syslog
>> we will have: S20syslog.busybox -> ../init.d/syslog.busybox
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Laurentiu Palcu <laurentiu.palcu at intel.com>
>> ---
>>  meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc |    2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
>> index 972e7d0..c70ba62 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
>> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ FILES_${PN}-hwclock = "${sysconfdir}/init.d/hwclock.sh"
>>  INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES = "${PN}-httpd ${PN}-syslog ${PN}-udhcpd ${PN}-mdev ${PN}-hwclock"
>>  
>>  INITSCRIPT_NAME_${PN}-httpd = "busybox-httpd"
>> -INITSCRIPT_NAME_${PN}-syslog = "syslog"
>> +INITSCRIPT_NAME_${PN}-syslog = "syslog.${BPN}"
> 
> What if syslog-ng is installed? won't it run both syslog implementations?
This is a valid concern. It would certainly start them both or, at
least, try. But, is it normal for one to have two different syslog
implementations installed? Is this a valid use case?

Thanks,
Laurentiu

> 
>>  INITSCRIPT_NAME_${PN}-mdev = "mdev"
>>  INITSCRIPT_NAME_${PN}-hwclock = "hwclock.sh"
>>  INITSCRIPT_PARAMS_${PN}-mdev = "start 06 S ."
>> -- 
>> 1.7.9.5
>>
>>
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