[Bug 234627] devel/py-buildbot-worker: Fails to startup on boot: /etc/rc: Permission denied (due to use of $0)

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=234627

            Bug ID: 234627
           Summary: devel/py-buildbot-worker: Fails to startup on boot:
                    /etc/rc: Permission denied (due to use of $0)
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: ports-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: koobs at FreeBSD.org
        Depends on: 234614

In ports r484380 I switched from using %%PREFIX%%/etc/${name} to $0 in the rc
script for the profile mechanism, in order to:

    Fix startup script to use the filename of itself (the executed script),
    not a filename that uses the ${name} variable, which doesnt exist as it
    contains an underscore (not a dash), causing the following error when
    executed:

    /usr/local/etc/rc.d/buildbot-worker: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/buildbot_worker:
not found

I forgot that using $0 causes issues on boot, as $0 is not the rc scripts
filename when run via /etc/rc, it is 'etc/rc' instead.

After talking with Kyle about correct/permanent solutions to the issue, bug
234614 now tracks a new feature in rc to provide a variable for scripts to use
to self-reference themselves for profile or other mechanisms. 

I'll wait until that feature is finalised, and plug in (copy) the same
functionality for temporary use directly in this ports rc script, until all
supported FreeBSD versions carry the new feature.


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=234614
[Bug 234614] rc framework should provide RC_SERVICE analog
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