[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#745505: sysv-rc: Operate against system-upstart only

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Package: sysv-rc
Version: 2.88dsf-53
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Dear Maintainer,

When using initctl utilities, they default to executing against system
upstart (typically pid 1), however if UPSTART_SESSION environment
variable is set, initctl defaults to operating against user-session
upstart (not very common on Debian desktops, but very common on ubuntu
desktops). Under such conditions, invoke-rc.d and service command should
operate against system upstart. With recent initctl one can use
'--system' command line option, but to stay compatible with initctl in
stable, i'm instead opting to unseting UPSTART_SESSION variable to
guarantee default execution against system upstart.

Regards,

Dimitri.

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