[DRE-maint] Bug#909630: initscript found

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 6:03 AM, Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob at debian.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 26 September 2018 2:10:09 PM AEST Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/raw/master/lib/support/init.d/gitlab
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> Thanks, Luke. It could be a good starting point but IMHO this script can not
> be used as-is and it needs a lot of work...

 yeah i agree: it does however get things up and running (where there
was no service *at all* for about half an hour).

it definitely needs splitting down into separate services: i'll take a
look over the next few days.

> Instead of using sloppy init script you might find it useful to try
>
>   https://github.com/gdraheim/docker-systemctl-replacement

 the majority of services that i've deployed over the past 20+ years
typically have always had an initscript: it's quite rare not to find
any (at all).

 i know you didn't suggest it, i wouldn't recommend including (or
depending on) that package for this task: it may however prove useful
to submit as a WNPP/ITP.

 for solving the issue here of gitlab needing to start when systemd
isn't around (and sysvinit is), i'll help sort that by creating 4
initscripts, i think that's the best solution for gitlab.

l.