How to debug a crash in a /etc/init.d script? Works OK when run from command line, worked in 22.04.

[Karl Auer]

On Sat, 2024-06-08 at 13:11 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> Yes, that's what I've been thinking is the most likely cause.  I
> suspect that a time delay in a /etc/init.d script is not a good idea
> though.  I'll have to try a wrapper script that returns immediately
> after starting a script with a delay in it.

There is a "timeout" command that should be installed by default
(coreutils).

It's entirely possible to roll your own in bash background processes,
polling and kill, but ugh.

Regards, K.

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