[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#510455: Bug#510455: initscripts: fails to boot when debug=echo uncommented in /etc/init.d/rc

[Kel Modderman]

On Friday 02 January 2009 10:15:51 Arthur Marsh wrote:
> Package: initscripts
> Version: 2.86.ds1-61
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> I tried uncommenting the line in /etc/init.d/rc that has
> 
> debug=echo
> 
> but after doing so, I not only had problems shutting down but also with 
> restarting, leaving the root filesystem mounted read-only though mount 
> claimed it was read-write.

debug=echo means each command that the script would do is echo'd and not
actually performed. It is used for development/debugging of script to make
sure it does things in correct sequence.

I'm not sure this is a bug, but maybe the code comments could be a little more
verbose than they are currently, and warn people not to leave 'debug=echo'
uncommented for actual script use.

Thanks, Kel.