Tom Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Here is the latest set of changes to the Fedora Packaging Guidelines: > --- > Packages which have SysV initscripts that contain 'non-standard service > commands' (commands besides start, stop, reload, restart, or > try-restart) must convert those commands into standalone helper scripts. > Systemd does not support non-standard unit commands. I was a bit surprised to read this, because in recent versions systemd's service command supports nonstandard verbs just fine; it'll pass an unrecognized verb through to the initscript, if there is one. Is that functionality going to be removed again? Background: after having done what the above text directs me to, I had gotten beaten up over the fact that "service postgresql initdb" no longer worked, and hence reinstituted a stub initscript that only handles the nonstandard actions of the old one. Which works fine, or at least it did as of last month when I last tried it. So now I'm in violation of the guidelines for having tried to keep my users happy, and I'm not happy, especially since the stated rationale is a falsehood. regards, tom lane -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
