4 files changed, 28 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/lib/include/service.h b/lib/include/service.h
index fee3ea3..471ccbb 100644
--- a/lib/include/service.h
+++ b/lib/include/service.h
@@ -62,14 +62,11 @@ typedef struct service_t {
 	/* linked list of command lines to execute */
 	exec_t *exec;
 
-	/* NULL terminated array of services that must be executed later */
-	char **before;
+	char *before;	/* services that must be executed later */
+	char *after;	/* services that must be executed first */
 
-	/* NULL terminated array of services that must be executed first */
-	char **after;
-
-	char *raw_before;	/* backing store for 'before' contents */
-	char *raw_after;	/* backing store for 'after' contents */
+	int num_before;
+	int num_after;
 
 	pid_t pid;
 	int status;		/* process exit status */
diff --git a/lib/src/delsvc.c b/lib/src/delsvc.c
index d13c97f..f4f9c76 100644
--- a/lib/src/delsvc.c
+++ b/lib/src/delsvc.c
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ void delsvc(service_t *svc)
 		free(e);
 	}
 
-	free(svc->raw_before);
-	free(svc->raw_after);
-
 	free(svc->before);
 	free(svc->after);
 	free(svc->desc);
diff --git a/lib/src/rdsvc.c b/lib/src/rdsvc.c
index 4b87312..c8ba590 100644
--- a/lib/src/rdsvc.c
+++ b/lib/src/rdsvc.c
@@ -122,13 +122,16 @@ static int svc_before(service_t *svc, char *arg, rdline_t *rd)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	svc->raw_before = try_strdup(arg, rd);
-	if (svc->raw_before == NULL)
+	svc->before = try_strdup(arg, rd);
+	if (svc->before == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	svc->before = try_split_argv(svc->raw_before, rd);
-	if (svc->before == NULL)
+	svc->num_before = pack_argv(svc->before);
+	if (svc->num_before < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %zu: malformed string constant\n",
+				rd->filename, rd->lineno);
 		return -1;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -141,13 +144,16 @@ static int svc_after(service_t *svc, char *arg, rdline_t *rd)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	svc->raw_after = try_strdup(arg, rd);
-	if (svc->raw_after == NULL)
+	svc->after = try_strdup(arg, rd);
+	if (svc->after == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	svc->after = try_split_argv(svc->raw_after, rd);
-	if (svc->after == NULL)
+	svc->num_after = pack_argv(svc->after);
+	if (svc->num_after < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %zu: malformed string constant\n",
+				rd->filename, rd->lineno);
 		return -1;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/svc_tsort.c b/lib/src/svc_tsort.c
index dcd1b4c..5f83fa0 100644
--- a/lib/src/svc_tsort.c
+++ b/lib/src/svc_tsort.c
@@ -24,21 +24,20 @@
 
 static bool has_dependencies(service_t *list, service_t *svc)
 {
-	size_t i;
+	const char *ptr;
+	int i;
 
 	while (list != NULL) {
-		if (svc->after != NULL) {
-			for (i = 0; svc->after[i] != NULL; ++i) {
-				if (!strcmp(svc->after[i], list->name))
-					return true;
-			}
+		for (ptr = svc->after, i = 0; i < svc->num_after; ++i) {
+			if (!strcmp(ptr, list->name))
+				return true;
+			ptr += strlen(ptr) + 1;
 		}
 
-		if (list->before != NULL) {
-			for (i = 0; list->before[i] != NULL; ++i) {
-				if (!strcmp(list->before[i], svc->name))
-					return true;
-			}
+		for (ptr = list->before, i = 0; i < list->num_before; ++i) {
+			if (!strcmp(ptr, svc->name))
+				return true;
+			ptr += strlen(ptr) + 1;
 		}
 
 		list = list->next;