Bug#604855: unblock: shibboleth-sp2/2.3.1+dfsg-3

[Ferenc Wagner]

Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org> writes:

> Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> writes:
>
>> Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org> writes:
>>
>>> Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> writes:
>>>
>>>> Maybe invoke-rc.d --quiet apache2 restart || [ $? -eq 100 ] ?
>>>
>>> Ah, that's a good idea.  I didn't realize invoke-rc.d had a special
>>> exit status for a missing script.
>>
>> But anyway, can the Shibboleth module be enabled when Apache isn't
>> installed?  The restart is already protected by this check:
>>
>>     if [ -f /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/shib2.load ] ; then
>>         invoke-rc.d apache2 restart
>>     fi
>
> I think it can if Apache is then removed (but not purged)

Sure, but this isn't a problem, because if /etc/apache2/mods-enabled is
present, then /etc/init.d/apache2 is also present[1], and quietly
returns success if the actual daemon is not installed.

[1] Well, at least they belong to the same package, but they are under
    /etc, so may be freely changed by the system administrator.  I don't
    think we should care for such pathologic cases.

Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> writes:

> the apache init script already has a status method, why don't you use
>
> invoke-rc.d apache2 status >/dev/null 2>&1 && invoke-rc.d apache2 restart

I like this idea.  Any objections against the following code?

    if [ -f /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/shib2.load ] ; then
        if invoke-rc.d apache2 status >/dev/null ; then
            invoke-rc.d apache2 restart
        fi
    fi

I decided to swap &&s for readability and "|| true" for keeping the exit
status of the restart operation should we decide to actually try that.
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.