convert init.d to systemd, how to determine which python is installed

Kaleb S. KEITHLEY kkeithle at redhat.com
Thu Nov 3 14:10:03 UTC 2011


HekaFS runs a daemon from init. It's a Bottle (python-based) http server.

In order to work on, e.g. RHEL6 in addition to Fedora, the old init 
script has:
...
vercmd="from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print 
get_python_lib()"
py_dir=$(python -c "${vercmd}")
exe="${py_dir}/hekafsd.py"
...

I'd kinda like to preserve that in some fashion in the new systemd 
service file. Not to run on RHEL6 obviously, but to be future-proof 
against the day when python2.8 or python3.x ships in F17 or later or 
RHEL7, e.g.

I read the various systemd.{unit,service,exec} man pages and also tried 
to find the conversion guide that was mentioned here a while back. 
Didn't see anything that looked suitable. Did I overlook something?

Thanks,

--

K



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