[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#668312: sysv-rc: hidden dotfile in /etc used as state file (/etc/init.d/.legacy-bootordering)

[Tollef Fog Heen]

Package: sysv-rc
Version: 2.88dsf-22.1
Severity: serious
Justification: FHS violation, does not respect local admin changes

sysv-rc uses /etc/init.d/.legacy-bootordering as a flag file, which is
essentially a state file to know whether to convert to new ordering or
not.  It should live in /var/lib/sysv-rc or similar instead.

If this is meant to be a configuration file, it must not be recreated
after it's deleted.  It should probably also not be a hidden file, since
there's no good reason for it.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages sysv-rc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.42
ii  insserv                1.14.0-2.2
ii  sysvinit-utils         2.88dsf-22.1

Versions of packages sysv-rc recommends:
ii  lsb-base  4.1+Debian0

Versions of packages sysv-rc suggests:
pn  bum           <none>
pn  sysv-rc-conf  <none>

-- debconf information:
* sysv-rc/unable-to-convert:
  sysv-rc/convert-legacy: true

-- 
Tollef Fog Heen
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