Add older_than function to complement newer_than function. Also make the userland instance reversed to be compatable with current baselayout, which truely does suck.

src/librc/librc-depend.c

@@ -553,12 +553,12 @@ rc_deptree_order(const RC_DEPTREE *deptree, const char *runlevel, int options)
 }
 librc_hidden_def(rc_deptree_order)
 
-bool
+static bool
-rc_newer_than(const char *source, const char *target)
+mtime_check(const char *source, const char *target, bool newer)
 {
 	struct stat buf;
 	time_t mtime;
-	bool newer = true;
+	bool retval = true;
 	DIR *dp;
 	struct dirent *d;
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
@@ -569,32 +569,52 @@ rc_newer_than(const char *source, const char *target)
 		return false;
 	mtime = buf.st_mtime;
 
-	/* Of course we are newer than targets that don't exist
+	/* If target does not exist, return true to mimic shell test */
-	   such as broken symlinks */
 	if (stat(target, &buf) != 0)
 		return true;
-	if (mtime < buf.st_mtime)
+
-		return false;
+	if (newer) {
+		if (mtime < buf.st_mtime)
+			return false;
+	} else {
+		if (mtime > buf.st_mtime)
+			return false;
+	}
+
 	/* If not a dir then reset errno */
 	if (!(dp = opendir(target))) {
 		errno = serrno;
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	/* Check if we're newer than all the entries in the dir */
+	/* Check all the entries in the dir */
 	while ((d = readdir(dp))) {
 		if (d->d_name[0] == '.')
 			continue;
 		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", target, d->d_name);
-		newer = rc_newer_than(source, path);
+		retval = mtime_check(source, path, newer);
-		if (! newer)
+		if (!retval)
 			break;
 	}
 	closedir(dp);
-	return newer;
+	return retval;
+}
+
+bool
+rc_newer_than(const char *source, const char *target)
+{
+
+	return mtime_check(source, target, true);
 }
 librc_hidden_def(rc_newer_than)
 
+bool
+rc_older_than(const char *source, const char *target)
+{
+	return mtime_check(source, target, false);
+}
+librc_hidden_def(rc_older_than)
+
 typedef struct deppair
 {
 	const char *depend;

src/librc/librc.h

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ librc_hidden_proto(rc_deptree_update_needed)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_find_pids)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_getline)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_newer_than)
+librc_hidden_proto(rc_older_than)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_runlevel_exists)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_runlevel_get)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_runlevel_list)

src/librc/rc.h.in

@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@ typedef void *RC_DEPTREE;
 * @return true if source is newer than target, otherwise false */ 
 bool rc_newer_than(const char *, const char *);
 
+/*! Check to see if source is newer than target.
+ * If target is a directory then we traverse it and it's children.
+* @return true if source is newer than target, otherwise false */ 
+bool rc_older_than(const char *, const char *);
+
 /*! Update the cached dependency tree if it's older than any init script,
  * its configuration file or an external configuration file the init script
  * has specified.

src/librc/rc.map

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ global:
 	rc_environ_fd;
 	rc_find_pids;
 	rc_newer_than;
+	rc_older_than;
 	rc_runlevel_exists;
 	rc_runlevel_get;
 	rc_runlevel_list;

src/rc/rc-applets.c

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static int do_shell_var(int argc, char **argv)
 void run_applets(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int i = 2;
-	bool match = false;
+	bool (*is_than) (const char *, const char *);
 	char *p;
 	pid_t pid = 0;
 
@@ -437,18 +437,22 @@ void run_applets(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (strcmp(applet, "shell_var") == 0)
 		exit(do_shell_var(argc, argv));
 
+	/* This test is perverted - historically the baselayout function
+	 * returns 0 on *failure*, which is plain wrong */
 	if (strcmp(applet, "is_newer_than") == 0 ||
 	    strcmp(applet, "is_older_than") == 0)
 	{
 		if (argc < 3)
 			exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 		if (strcmp(applet, "is_newer_than") == 0)
-			match = true;
+			is_than = &rc_older_than;
+		else
+			is_than = &rc_newer_than;
 		while (i < argc) {
-			if (rc_newer_than(argv[1], argv[i++]) != match)
+			if (!is_than(argv[1], argv[i++]))
-				exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+				exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 		}
-		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}; 
 
 	if (applet[0] == 'e' || (applet[0] == 'v' && applet[1] == 'e'))

src/test/librc.funcs.hidden.list

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ rc_deptree_update_needed
 rc_find_pids
 rc_getline
 rc_newer_than
+rc_older_than
 rc_runlevel_exists
 rc_runlevel_get
 rc_runlevel_list

src/test/rc.funcs.list

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ rc_find_pids
 rc_find_pids@@RC_1.0
 rc_newer_than
 rc_newer_than@@RC_1.0
+rc_older_than
+rc_older_than@@RC_1.0
 rc_runlevel_exists
 rc_runlevel_exists@@RC_1.0
 rc_runlevel_get