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  1. Bug #1400495
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1400495

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Rich Drewes (drewes) wrote :

Actually, it seems there isn't anything in particular about being in a script that causes init-checkconf to return random results. If I repeat the same command a number of times the results vary:

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root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
ERROR: File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax invalid:
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
ERROR: File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax invalid:
root@ladastra:/oldroot/home/drewes# init-checkconf /etc/init/tty5.conf
File /etc/init/tty5.conf: syntax ok
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As is evident, sometimes the syntax is reported as being ok and sometimes invalid.

Rich