missing sysv init script in pdns-recursor 4.9

[wwuck]

• This is not a support question, I have read about opensource and will send support questions to the IRC channel, Github Discussions or the mailing list.
• I have read and understood the 'out in the open' support policy

• Program: Recursor
• Issue type: Bug report

Short description

I am running pdns-recursor 4.8.5-1pdns.bullseye on multiple systems running Debian 11 with sysvinit init system and also some systems running Devuan 4 with sysvinit init system. When I upgrade pdns-recusor to 4.9.1-1pdns.bullseye I can no longer start pdns-recursor daemon. It looks like /etc/init.d/pdns-recursor was removed somewhere in between these versions.

Environment

• Operating system: Debian 11.1
• Software version: 4.9.1-1pdns.bullseye
• Software source: PowerDNS repository

Steps to reproduce

1. Install Debian 11 with sysvinit init system or Devuan 4 with default init system choice (sysvinit).
2. Install latest pdns-recursor 4.8 from powerdns repository.
3. Upgrade pdns-recursor to 4.9 from powerdns repository.

Expected behaviour

pdns-recusor service/daemon starts successfully.

Actual behaviour

# service pdns-recursor start
pdns-recursor: unrecognized service
# cat /etc/init.d/pdns-recursor
cat: /etc/init.d/pdns-recursor: No such file or directory

Other information

I have read through all the changelogs for pdns-recursor 4.8 and 4.9 and I couldn't see any changes relating to sysv init.

[omoerbeek]

The Changelog ref is "Update Debian packaging for Recursor (Chris Hofstaedtler)". https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.9.html#change-4.9.0-alpha1-3
The removal of the sysv init script should have been mentioned explicitly, I suppose.

[wwuck]

Thanks for that. It wasn’t immediately obvious that there would be a breaking change there.

Also I didn’t see any associated issue/bug for the removal. Was something broken with the existing init script?

[omoerbeek]

Not that I know of. It's a matter of reducing maintenance burden for us.