Stop using update-alternatives for init scripts

index e9a4a02192..1a537fabf4 100644
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8ca43cbc842c2336e835926c2166c28b \
                     file://klogd.c;beginline=2;endline=19;md5=7e87ed0ae6142de079bce738c10c899d \
                    "
 
-inherit update-rc.d update-alternatives systemd
+inherit update-rc.d systemd
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.infodrom.org/projects/sysklogd/download/sysklogd-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://no-strip-install.patch \

@@ -58,16 +58,6 @@ do_install () {
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','${exec_prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/sysklogd.conf', '', d)}"
 
-ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
-
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "syslogd klogd"
-
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-doc = "syslogd.8"
-ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[syslogd.8] = "${mandir}/man8/syslogd.8"
-
-ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[syslogd] = "${base_sbindir}/syslogd"
-ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[klogd] = "${base_sbindir}/klogd"
-
 pkg_prerm_${PN} () {
 	if test "x$D" = "x"; then
 	if test "$1" = "upgrade" -o "$1" = "remove"; then

index 9ba3daccaf..c3fefea5af 100644
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ python populate_packages_updatercd () {
             return
         statement = "grep -q -w '/etc/init.d/functions' %s" % path
         if subprocess.call(statement, shell=True) == 0:
-            mlprefix = d.getVar('MLPREFIX') or ""
-            d.appendVar('RDEPENDS_' + pkg, ' %sinitscripts-functions' % (mlprefix))
+            d.appendVar('RDEPENDS_' + pkg, ' initd-functions')
 
     def update_rcd_package(pkg):
         bb.debug(1, 'adding update-rc.d calls to preinst/postinst/prerm/postrm for %s' % pkg)

index f54fdcd776..2b76c3c31d 100644
@@ -56,3 +56,4 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-openssl ?= "nativesdk-openssl"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_pkgconfig ?= "pkgconfig"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-pkgconfig ?= "nativesdk-pkgconfig"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_pkgconfig-native ?= "pkgconfig-native"
+PREFERRED_RPROVIDER_initd-functions ?= "initscripts"

index fea4f22e95..1167735756 100644
@@ -43,21 +43,18 @@ SRC_URI_append_arm = " file://alignment.sh"
 
 KERNEL_VERSION = ""
 
-inherit update-alternatives
 DEPENDS_append = " update-rc.d-native"
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','systemd-systemctl-native','',d)}"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-functions ${PN}-sushell"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "${PN}-functions \
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "initd-functions \
                   ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','selinux','${PN}-sushell','',d)} \
 		 "
+RPROVIDES_${PN}-functions = "initd-functions"
+RCONFLICTS_${PN}-functions = "lsbinitscripts"
 FILES_${PN}-functions = "${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions*"
 FILES_${PN}-sushell = "${base_sbindir}/sushell"
 
-ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY_${PN}-functions = "90"
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-functions = "functions"
-ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[functions] = "${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions"
-
 HALTARGS ?= "-d -f"
 
 do_configure() {

index 884857a96d..22a0ecf839 100644
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ FILES_${PN} += "${base_sbindir}/* ${base_bindir}/*"
 FILES_sysvinit-pidof = "${base_bindir}/pidof.sysvinit ${base_sbindir}/killall5"
 FILES_sysvinit-sulogin = "${base_sbindir}/sulogin.sysvinit"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "sysvinit-pidof initscripts-functions"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "sysvinit-pidof initd-functions"
 
 CFLAGS_prepend = "-D_GNU_SOURCE "
 export LCRYPT = "-lcrypt"

index f1b53feef3..2d74a6f9d3 100644
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ SECTION = "base"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 DEPENDS = "popt glib-2.0"
 
+RPROVIDES_${PN} += "initd-functions"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "util-linux"
+RCONFLICTS_${PN} = "initscripts-functions"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=ebf4e8b49780ab187d51bd26aaa022c6"
 

@@ -17,12 +19,6 @@ SRC_URI = "http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/initscripts/initscripts-${PV}
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "d6c798f40dceb117e12126d94cb25a9a"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1793677bdd1f7ee4cb00878ce43346196374f848a4c8e4559e086040fc7487db"
 
-inherit update-alternatives
-
-ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "functions"
-ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[functions] = "${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions"
-
 # Since we are only taking the patched version of functions, no need to
 # configure or compile anything so do not execute these
 do_configure[noexec] = "1" 

index 1167735756..91eea4b8c2 100644
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-functions ${PN}-sushell"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "initd-functions \
                   ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','selinux','${PN}-sushell','',d)} \
 		 "
+# Recommend pn-functions so that it will be a preferred default provider for initd-functions
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "${PN}-functions"
 RPROVIDES_${PN}-functions = "initd-functions"
 RCONFLICTS_${PN}-functions = "lsbinitscripts"
 FILES_${PN}-functions = "${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions*"

index 4bba76c3ba..65cae7002f 100644
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ python populate_packages_updatealternatives () {
     pkgdest = d.getVar('PKGD')
     for pkg in (d.getVar('PACKAGES') or "").split():
         # Create post install/removal scripts
-        alt_setup_links = "# Begin section update-alternatives\n"
-        alt_remove_links = "# Begin section update-alternatives\n"
+        alt_setup_links = ""
+        alt_remove_links = ""
         for alt_name in (d.getVar('ALTERNATIVE_%s' % pkg) or "").split():
             alt_link     = d.getVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME', alt_name)
             alt_target   = d.getVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_TARGET_%s' % pkg, alt_name) or d.getVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_TARGET', alt_name)

@@ -225,13 +225,10 @@ python populate_packages_updatealternatives () {
             # Default to generate shell script.. eventually we may want to change this...
             alt_target = os.path.normpath(alt_target)
 
-            alt_setup_links  += 'update-alternatives --install %s %s %s %s\n' % (alt_link, alt_name, alt_target, alt_priority)
-            alt_remove_links += 'update-alternatives --remove  %s %s\n' % (alt_name, alt_target)
+            alt_setup_links  += '\tupdate-alternatives --install %s %s %s %s\n' % (alt_link, alt_name, alt_target, alt_priority)
+            alt_remove_links += '\tupdate-alternatives --remove  %s %s\n' % (alt_name, alt_target)
 
-        alt_setup_links += "# End section update-alternatives\n"
-        alt_remove_links += "# End section update-alternatives\n"
-
-        if len(alt_setup_links.splitlines()) > 2:
+        if alt_setup_links:
             # RDEPENDS setup
             provider = d.getVar('VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives')
             if provider:

@@ -241,24 +238,12 @@ python populate_packages_updatealternatives () {
             bb.note('adding update-alternatives calls to postinst/prerm for %s' % pkg)
             bb.note('%s' % alt_setup_links)
             postinst = d.getVar('pkg_postinst_%s' % pkg) or '#!/bin/sh\n'
-            postinst = postinst.splitlines(True)
-            try:
-                index = postinst.index('# Begin section update-rc.d\n')
-                postinst.insert(index, alt_setup_links)
-            except ValueError:
-                postinst.append(alt_setup_links)
-            postinst = ''.join(postinst)
+            postinst += alt_setup_links
             d.setVar('pkg_postinst_%s' % pkg, postinst)
 
             bb.note('%s' % alt_remove_links)
             prerm = d.getVar('pkg_prerm_%s' % pkg) or '#!/bin/sh\n'
-            prerm = prerm.splitlines(True)
-            try:
-                index = prerm.index('# End section update-rc.d\n')
-                prerm.insert(index + 1, alt_remove_links)
-            except ValueError:
-                prerm.append(alt_remove_links)
-            prerm = ''.join(prerm)
+            prerm += alt_remove_links
             d.setVar('pkg_prerm_%s' % pkg, prerm)
 }
 

index c3fefea5af..e1e0e04876 100644
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ fi
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "update-rc.d-native"
 
 updatercd_postinst() {
-# Begin section update-rc.d
 if ${@use_updatercd(d)} && type update-rc.d >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
 	if [ -n "$D" ]; then
 		OPT="-r $D"

@@ -46,15 +45,12 @@ if ${@use_updatercd(d)} && type update-rc.d >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
 	fi
 	update-rc.d $OPT ${INITSCRIPT_NAME} ${INITSCRIPT_PARAMS}
 fi
-# End section update-rc.d
 }
 
 updatercd_prerm() {
-# Begin section update-rc.d
 if ${@use_updatercd(d)} && [ -z "$D" -a -x "${INIT_D_DIR}/${INITSCRIPT_NAME}" ]; then
 	${INIT_D_DIR}/${INITSCRIPT_NAME} stop || :
 fi
-# End section update-rc.d
 }
 
 updatercd_postrm() {

@@ -115,25 +111,13 @@ python populate_packages_updatercd () {
         postinst = d.getVar('pkg_postinst_%s' % pkg)
         if not postinst:
             postinst = '#!/bin/sh\n'
-        postinst = postinst.splitlines(True)
-        try:
-            index = postinst.index('# End section update-alternatives\n')
-            postinst.insert(index + 1, localdata.getVar('updatercd_postinst'))
-        except ValueError:
-            postinst.append(localdata.getVar('updatercd_postinst'))
-        postinst = ''.join(postinst)
+        postinst += localdata.getVar('updatercd_postinst')
         d.setVar('pkg_postinst_%s' % pkg, postinst)
 
         prerm = d.getVar('pkg_prerm_%s' % pkg)
         if not prerm:
             prerm = '#!/bin/sh\n'
-        prerm = prerm.splitlines(True)
-        try:
-            index = prerm.index('# Begin section update-alternatives\n')
-            prerm.insert(index, localdata.getVar('updatercd_prerm'))
-        except ValueError:
-            prerm.append(localdata.getVar('updatercd_prerm'))
-        prerm = ''.join(prerm)
+        prerm += localdata.getVar('updatercd_prerm')
         d.setVar('pkg_prerm_%s' % pkg, prerm)
 
         postrm = d.getVar('pkg_postrm_%s' % pkg)

index 65cae7002f..aa01058cf9 100644
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ python perform_packagecopy_append () {
             if not alt_link:
                 alt_link = "%s/%s" % (d.getVar('bindir'), alt_name)
                 d.setVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME', alt_name, alt_link)
+            if alt_link.startswith(os.path.join(d.getVar('sysconfdir', True), 'init.d')):
+                # Managing init scripts does not work (bug #10433), foremost
+                # because of a race with update-rc.d
+                bb.fatal("Using update-alternatives for managing SysV init scripts is not supported")
 
             alt_target   = d.getVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_TARGET_%s' % pkg, alt_name) or d.getVarFlag('ALTERNATIVE_TARGET', alt_name)
             alt_target   = alt_target or d.getVar('ALTERNATIVE_TARGET_%s' % pkg) or d.getVar('ALTERNATIVE_TARGET') or alt_link