[Pkg-wpa-devel] Re: Bug#353530: Several package enhancements, fixing some flaws in maintainer scripts

[crimsun at fungus.sh.nu]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 06:36:33PM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
> Furthermore, the included ifupdown scripts (from ubuntu) are simple 
> wrappers to start the same old init script. IMHO, they are not really 
> doing anything that is so good that we *must* break compatibility with 
> old versions right now.  In fact, my interpretation is that the 

We're _not_ breaking backward compatibility. That is the very reason
I'm vehemently against removing /etc/init.d/wpasupplicant in the near-
term. Yes, eventually we'll remove the initscript, since we'll be over-
hauling the infrastructure anyway.

> invocation of /etc/init.d/wpasupplicant by these ifupdown hooks is in 
> direct violation of Debian Policy 9.3.3 (Interfacing with the initscript 
> system):-
> 
>    Directly managing the /etc/rc?.d links and directly invoking the
>    /etc/init.d/ initscripts should be done only by packages providing
>    the initscript subsystem (such as sysv-rc and file-rc).

Your interpretation is incorrect. The previous version of postinst and
the ifupdown hooks from the newer merge-to-be (from Ubuntu) use
update-rc.d and invoke-rc.d, which are in the sysv-rc package. These
actions are clearly mandated by Policy. Only in cases where either does
not exist is the relevant script invoked directly.

> So, imo the packaging should be cleaned up, updated to the latest 
> upstream source from the 0.4.x stable branch but without the current 
> radical changes. I'd keep the aging init script for now, and not include 
> these ifupdown hooks until they have matured into something more 
> intuitive. That would allow time to get something really nice developed 
> for an experimental release.

The functionality in the initscript has mostly been rolled into
revision 50, but I, too, am in favour of retaining the initscript for
now.

Thanks,
-- 
Daniel T. Chen            crimsun at ubuntu.com
GPG key:   www.sh.nu/~crimsun/pubkey.gpg.asc
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