Bug#1003609: readlink: invalid option -- 'b' in /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/40-systemd

[Michael Biebl]

Am 12.01.22 um 16:04 schrieb Peter Palfrader:
> /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/40-systemd calls
>    readlink -f "$executable"
> which causes warnings if an executable starts with -, like in "-bash" when
> /lib/lsb/init-functions is sourced from a login shell.
> 
> ] root at yukon:~# . /lib/lsb/init-functions
> ] readlink: invalid option -- 'b'
> ] Try 'readlink --help' for more information.
> ] root at yukon:~#
> 
> This happens for instance with the slony init script:
> 
> | adns002:~# grep 'init-functions ' /etc/init.d/slony1
> |                 su -c ". /lib/lsb/init-functions ; umask 027 ; start_daemon -p $(pidfile $1) $DAEMON -f $(conffile $1) -p $(pidfile $1) >>$(logfile $1) 2>&1 </dev/null &" - postgres

Oh my, not the prettiest way to start a daemon.
Christoph, maybe this is actually better addressed on the slony1-2 side.

Michael
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