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Bug 74324

Summary: chkconfig stops if symlink cannot be resolved in /etc/init.d
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Peter Bieringer <pb>
Component: chkconfigAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Ben Levenson <benl>
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Version: 7.3CC: bzammit, h1k6zn2m, rvokal
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Fixed In Version: 1.3.14-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Peter Bieringer 2002-09-20 13:57:46 UTC
Description of problem:
if /etc/init.d contains an unresolvable symlink to an external program,
chkconfig will stop immediately

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
chkconfig version 1.3.5

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. # ln -sf /tmp/notexist /etc/init.d/notexist
2. # chkconfig --list
keytable        0:off   1:on    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
...
syslog-ng       0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
error reading from directory /etc/init.d: No such file or directory[root@gromit
init.d]#
	

Actual Results:  Not displaying anymore information

Expected Results:  Fulfilling list, perhaps displaying a message about such symlink

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2005-02-02 20:57:01 UTC
fixed in 1.3.14-1.

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2005-02-02 21:02:22 UTC
*** Bug 103381 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2005-02-02 21:21:49 UTC
*** Bug 107838 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***