rc-ng problem with [procname] (e.g. kernel threaded procs)

Andy Hilker ah at crypta.net
Tue Aug 16 17:31:03 GMT 2005


Hmh, no one interested in this issue? Or am i wrong with this issue?

You (Andy Hilker) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i think I have found a problem with rc-ng scripts and procnames
> including brackets (e.g. kernel threaded, like mysqld).
> 
> Brackets [] are ignored, process will not be found and is regarded
> as "not running". This breaks stop+status functions of rcng. The
> following patch allows brackets in variable procname rc-ng scripts.
> Maybe someone can review and fix this issue.
> 
> It was relevant for me when using [mysqld].
> 
> bye,
> Andy
> 
> 
> # $FreeBSD: src/etc/rc.subr,v 1.31.2.1 2005/01/17 11:51:00 keramida Exp $
> --- rc.subr     Thu Aug 11 15:18:52 2005
> +++ /etc/rc.subr        Thu Aug 11 15:14:06 2005
> @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
>                 _procnamebn=${_procname##*/}
>                 _fp_args='_arg0 _argv'
>                 _fp_match='case "$_arg0" in
> -                   $_procname|$_procnamebn|${_procnamebn}:|"(${_procnamebn})")'
> +                   "$_procname"|$_procnamebn|${_procnamebn}:|"(${_procnamebn})")'
>         fi
>  
>         _proccheck='
> 


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