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| author |   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2021-04-10 01:26:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2021-06-18 06:08:44 +0100 |
| commit | f8bd9cf56d47b2d4b0f1a2913dc387494f287134 (patch) | |
| tree | af296bcf57d459f81049b815f221eea41bda6f88 | |
| parent | ebuild-writing/functions: mention defining phases in the canonical order (diff) | |
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tasks-reference/init-scripts: mention required POSIX compliance
OpenRC init scripts need to be POSIX compliant and should not therefore
use Bash-specific tests or constructs, unlike ebuilds.
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/devmanual/pull/219
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | tasks-reference/init-scripts/text.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tasks-reference/init-scripts/text.xml b/tasks-reference/init-scripts/text.xml index 17f509c..3296e38 100644 --- a/tasks-reference/init-scripts/text.xml +++ b/tasks-reference/init-scripts/text.xml @@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ should be handled via entries in <c>/etc/conf.d</c> with the same filename <d /> </p> <p> +Please note that unlike ebuilds, init scripts for OpenRC are expected to be +POSIX-compliant and must therefore avoid e.g. Bash-specific tests and +constructs. +</p> + +<p> An overview of the Gentoo init system and how to write init scripts is available in the <uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Working/Initscripts#Writing_initscripts"> Writing Init Scripts section</uri> and in the |