Re: Install script supporting sysV init?

[Jan]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:52:34 +0100
Danny Milosavljevic <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Jan,
> 
> cool!
> 
> Could you try what happens in the corner cases:
> 
> (1) Try to start it twice.  The second start attempt should fail and
> $? should reflect that 
First and second start works the same.
> (2) Try to stop it twice.  I'm pretty sure
> that should work (do nothing) the second time.  What does sysv say
> should happen?  Should it error? 
The first stop takes way too long and throws an error:
/etc/init.d/guix-daemon: line 47: kill: (9107) - Process not found
>(3) Does status work?
It throws:
guix-daemon has a stale pid file
> (4) Put a
> nonsensical (non-existent) pid into the pid file and try to stop it.
> Or start it.  What does sysv say should happen?  Should it clean up?
> If the pid of the wrong process is in the pid file and one tries to
> stop it or start it, what does sysv say should happen?  Should one
> check the args whether it's the correct program?
Like what for example? I don't want to kill something important.
> If these things are handled correctly, we can add it to guix master.
> 
> BR,
>    Danny


Jan Wielkiewicz