[Bug 1179980] Re: nfs-common: gssd upstart config does not permit usage of startup options

[Steve Langasek]

This is a deliberate design decision.  /etc/default files are
discouraged whenever they aren't required to be supported for legacy
reasons, because they slow down the boot with gratuitous spawning of
shell processes.  If you need to override the 'exec' stanza of
/etc/init/gssd.conf, the recommended/supported way to do that is with an
upstart override:

# echo 'exec rpc.gssd -option1 -option2' > /etc/init/gssd.override

** Changed in: nfs-utils (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  nfs-common: gssd upstart config does not permit usage of startup
  options

Status in “nfs-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Version: Quantal
  Package: nfs-common
  Version: 1:1.2.6-3ubuntu2

  Problem:
  The upstart init config for gssd does not permit any command line options to gssd. There are however some very important options for gssd which should be configurable in /etc/default/nfs-common, using a variable RPCGSSDOPTS.

  The following trivial patch fixes the problem:

  --- /afs/uni-paderborn.de/user/o/odenbach/gssd.conf	2013-05-14 16:30:08.000000000 +0200
  +++ gssd.conf	2013-05-14 16:22:04.000000000 +0200
  @@ -74,7 +74,13 @@
   	fi
   end script
   
  -exec rpc.gssd
  +script
  +	if [ -f "$DEFAULTFILE" ]; then
  +		. "$DEFAULTFILE"
  +	fi
  +
  +	exec rpc.gssd $RPCGSSDOPTS
  +end script
   
   post-stop script
   	if mountpoint -q "$PIPEFS_MOUNTPOINT"

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