Debian bug report logs - #942
setserial missing init.d file

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To: "James A. Robinson" <jimr@simons-rock.edu>
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Subject: Re: Bug#942: setserial missing init.d file 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 04 Jun 1995 10:04:12 -0400."
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Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 14:18:49 -0500
From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@nigel.vnet.net>


"James A. Robinson" writes:
>
>> After installing and configuring the setserial package, there
>> was no /etc/init.d/setserial -- not even a skeleton.  I had to
>> set up the file and all the links myself...
>
>Please remember that at least some hardware used to react badly to
>setserial being run.  There should perhaps be an option to install a
>setserial config that is completly commented out.

Note that in my suggested code I commented out all invocations
of setserial.  Your point is precisely why I did so.

The code from /etc/rc.misc/0setserial, which comes from the
normal setserial package, might be included in
/etc/init.d/setserial if it were commented out.

michaelkjohnson

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Subject: Re: Bug#942: setserial missing init.d file 
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From: "James A. Robinson" <jimr@simons-rock.edu>


> After installing and configuring the setserial package, there
> was no /etc/init.d/setserial -- not even a skeleton.  I had to
> set up the file and all the links myself...

Please remember that at least some hardware used to react badly to
setserial being run.  There should perhaps be an option to install a
setserial config that is completly commented out.

Jim

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> After installing and configuring the setserial package, there
> was no /etc/init.d/setserial -- not even a skeleton.  [...]

setserial-2.10-4 apparently hasn't yet been converted to sys-v
init conventions.  It installs the script in /etc/rc.misc/0setserial.

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Subject: setserial missing init.d file
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1995 23:15:10 -0500
From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@nigel.vnet.net>


Package: setserial
Version: 2.10-4

(Debian release .93R5)

After installing and configuring the setserial package, there
was no /etc/init.d/setserial -- not even a skeleton.  I had to
set up the file and all the links myself...

Here's the skeleton I used, FWIW.  Not perfect, but it's what
mine is based on.

--------8<--------
#!/bin/sh
# run the setserial program

test -f /bin/setserial || exit 0

case "$1" in
start)
#  Insert all needed calls here.  A few examples are provided.
#  /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 spd_hi
#  /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS2 port 0x03e8 irq 5 spd_hi
  ;;
stop)
  ;;
*)	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/setserial start|stop"; exit 1 ;;
esac
exit 0
--------8<--------

Presumably a configuration script could ask for devices and
values and edit, but the most important thing is to have the
script available and linked in properly.

michaelkjohnson