[Pkg-acpi-devel] Bug#578637: acpi-support: Should it start after the syslog collector is active?

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

Package:  acpi-support
Version:  0.133-2
Tags:     patch
User:     initscripts-ng-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: incorrect-dependency

I just did a test installation of Debian/Squeeze, and noticed the
acpi-support init.d script is started before rsyslog.  I tested to
move it after the rsyslog service is operational, and running
'init.d/acpi-support start' during boot causes the kernel to generate
some syslog messages.  Because of this, I believe it is a good idea to
make sure the acpi-support init.d script is started after the syslog
collector is active.  This patch will implement this.  The patch also
make sure it stops before the syslog collector is taken down.  No idea
if any syslog messages are generated at that point, but added it for
symmetry.

--- acpi-support-0.133/debian/acpi-support.init 2010-04-21 14:26:08.000000000 +0200
+++ acpi-support-0.133-pere/debian/acpi-support.init    2010-04-21 14:26:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@

 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:          acpi-support
-# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs
-# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $syslog
 # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
 # Default-Stop:      1
 # Short-Description: Start some power management scripts

In any case, it should not harm to start a bit later during boot and
stop a bit earlier during shutdown, so the patch should be safe to
implement.

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen