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Debianb packaging: Bad ordering of variables and reading of /etc/default

    • Type: Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Icon: Minor - P4 Minor - P4
    • 1.3.2
    • Affects Version/s: 1.3.1
    • Component/s: None
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    • Environment:
      Ubuntu

      The file debian/init.d has some issues:

      • The name is set to "MongoDB". By convention this should be all lower case
      • DAEMONUSER is set to a hard coded value after /etc/default/$NAME has been read which makes it impossible to override the user
      • DAEMON_OPTS should be composed after /etc/default/$NAME is read (and only if $DAEMON_OPTS is not already set). That would allow default to set things like the data directory easily (the single most likely thing someone would want to set)
      • DAEMONUSER is explicitly set and is a failure if not existing. Later on there are codepaths for it being set or not. Make your mind up
      • Part of that checking sets DAEMONUID/GID but never uses them. The other tools used such as start_stop_daemon use the textual name and report errors, so leave all this user stuff up to them.
      • For reload_server, the comment says SIGHUP is sent but the code sends USR1. The comment has no value and should be removed
      • The main switch/case loop has a bunch of commented out code for reload. Delete it. Also reload_server() exists, so use it!

            Assignee:
            richard.kreuter Richard Kreuter (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            rogerbinns Roger Binns
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