lighttpd: Questionable use of invoke-rc.d

Package: init-system-helpers; Maintainer for init-system-helpers is Devuan Dev Team <devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org>; Source for init-system-helpers is src:init-system-helpers.

Reported by: Opty <opty77@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 12:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: debian, moreinfo

Merged with 881, 883, 884

Found in version init-system-helpers/1.65.2devuan1

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From: Opty <opty77@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 14:42:19 +0200
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Subject: Re: [devuan-dev] bug#882: /etc/logrotate.d/lighttpd: Questionable use
 of invoke-rc.d
To: Lorenzo <plorenzo@disroot.org>
Cc: 882@bugs.devuan.org, Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk>
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On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM Lorenzo <plorenzo@disroot.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 13:56:10 +0200
> Opty <opty77@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Now that Debian uses systemd by default I considered Devuan a better
> > place for System V style init stuff but I will think about reporting
> > to Debian BTS then.
>
> Please don't: while this may solve your use case it will break other
> more common use cases that are currently working.
> Example:
> lighttpd installed but disabled by the local admin (K links) but if
> service wrapper is used instead of invoke-rc.d the logrotate snippet
> will try to signal lighttpd regardless, which should not happen.

Good, no work for me. :-)

I should have written that I was actually afraid of something like
that in general but 'service' seemed as the best proposal at that
time. See also #881.

Regards,
Opty

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Devuan bug report logs - #882 /etc/logrotate.d/lighttpd: Questionable use of invoke-rc.d

Devuan bug report logs - #882
/etc/logrotate.d/lighttpd: Questionable use of invoke-rc.d