[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#661314: insserv: script <foo> is not an executable regular file, skipped!

[Jonathan Nieder]

Kel Modderman wrote:

> The non-executable script gets ignored, then later when insserv updates the
> symlink farm based on the overall dependency graph (which doesn't include the
> skipped script), symlinks to scripts which do not exist or are invalid are
> removed.

Ok, so that is what the message wants to say.  How about:

 insserv: script vsftpd is not executable, will be skipped in boot sequence!
 insserv: script vsftpd is not a regular file, will be skipped in boot sequence!

The first message for non-executables, the second for directories and
their kin.

> (what about the other questions? :))

I'm totally fine with the service not being stopped at shutdown when
the initscript is marked nonexecutable.  I assume the crazy user is
managing the service some other way.  A good message would help her
realize that the links have been touched and she needs to kick insserv
again when reenabling the init script.

If you actually wanted the answers: I don't have that setup any more,
so I'm not any better placed to get the answers than more interested
people. :)

Thanks again,
Jonathan