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MilenKid

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Registered: 2013-04-21

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[SOLVED] init/rc

Hi,

Is it normal to still have rc.d in /etc?

Should I remove these/do something with them?

me@host /etc/rc.d $ ls
avahi-daemon    crond        ip6tables     krb5-kdc     ntpd     preload
avahi-dnsconfd  ftpd         iptables      krb5-kpropd  ntpdate  rsyncd
bluetooth       functions.d  krb5-kadmind  mdadm        ppp      sshd


me@host /etc $ ls -a | grep rc
mail.rc
rc.d
rc_keymaps
rc_maps.cfg

I see init still exists, but it seems to actually be sustemd

me@host /etc :( $ init --help
systemd [OPTIONS...]

Starts up and maintains the system or user services.

Note, systemd handles these it seems:

me@host /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants $ ls -a
.               lm_sensors.service         ntpd.service      sshd.service
..              net-auto-wireless.service  preload.service   ufw.service
cronie.service  netctl@ButterNet.service   remote-fs.target

EDIT: not using code tags make unicorns cry

Last edited by MilenKid (2013-05-10 13:12:44)

arojas

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From: Spain

Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 2,097

Re: [SOLVED] init/rc

Yes, it is normal if the maintainers haven't yet removed them from the packages. Until then they cause no harm, if you remove them they will be recreated when the package is updated

65kid

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-01-26

Posts: 663

Re: [SOLVED] init/rc

The /etc/rc.d/* files you have left simply have not been removed from the packages yet. I guess mostly because the packages didn't get upstream updates since initscripts was deprecated and it's not worth to make a new package release just to remove some dead files. This is happening slowly, but at some point they will be completely gone.

If you want to get rid of them, use the NoExtract option from pacman.conf.

and please use [ code ] tags in the future.

t0m5k1

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From: overthere

Registered: 2012-02-10

Posts: 324

Re: [SOLVED] init/rc

The /etc/rc.d/* files you have left simply have not been removed from the packages yet. I guess mostly because the packages didn't get upstream updates since initscripts was deprecated and it's not worth to make a new package release just to remove some dead files. This is happening slowly, but at some point they will be completely gone..

I fail to see this ever happening & if this does/is happening then this is more proof that systemd is forcing itself on others, Linux has always been about choice as there are many init alternatives it is simply down to the package developers whether an init script is included in a given package or not & whether the script is present or not within packages is down to the distro's package maintainers to remove.

So initscripts will never be depreciated unless we see the day when all other init systems are removed & systemd is the only one left.

Sorry if this appeared as flamey, that was not my intention 'tis only my opinion which I will always voice

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Allan

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Re: [SOLVED] init/rc

I fail to see this ever happening

Really?   We will be doing a rebuild to get rid of all the old rc.d files soon...

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65kid

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-01-26

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Re: [SOLVED] init/rc

I fail to see this ever happening

uhm, it already is happening, a lot of rc.d scripts have already been removed.

Linux has always been about choice as there are many init alternatives it is simply down to the package developers whether an init script is included in a given package or not & whether the script is present or not within packages is down to the distro's package maintainers to remove.

I think you are misunderstanding something here. The rc.d scripts are not provided by the developers of the application, they are provided by the Arch Linux developers (who decided not to waste their time on them anymore, that's why they are being removed).

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] init/rc

t0m5k1, Arch initscripts IS deprecated, and has been for months now. The Arch specific scripts that were added to packages are being removed. Period.

Nobody is claiming that SysV or BSD style init is deprecated, but once and for all, ARCH INITSCRIPTS IS DEPRECATED. Saying anything else is an unhealthy level of denial you might want to seek help for.

MilenKid

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Registered: 2013-04-21

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Re: [SOLVED] init/rc

Got it and thanks for the tag's tip.

Question is, for example I have both cronie.service and crond in rc.d, which is the one used? (how can I find out myself?)

ps doesn't seem to help finding out who started it:

host ~ # ps -aux | grep cron
root       419  0.0  0.0  13240  1352 ?        Ss   09:02   0:00 /usr/sbin/crond -n
root     16514  0.0  0.0  10900  1120 pts/0    S+   16:14   0:00 grep --color=auto cron

Last edited by MilenKid (2013-05-10 13:15:09)

t0m5k1

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Re: [SOLVED] init/rc

I see most have misread what I typed, my perspective was not purely ARCHcentric

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Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] init/rc

I see most have misread what I typed, my perspective was not purely ARCHcentric

The rc.d files in question are "ARCHcentric", so you're saying your post was just off topic, then?

x33a

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Re: [SOLVED] init/rc

Question is, for example I have both cronie.service and crond in rc.d, which is the one used? (how can I find out myself?)

ps doesn't seem to help finding out who started it:

host ~ # ps -aux | grep cron
root       419  0.0  0.0  13240  1352 ?        Ss   09:02   0:00 /usr/sbin/crond -n
root     16514  0.0  0.0  10900  1120 pts/0    S+   16:14   0:00 grep --color=auto cron

You are running systemd, no? So, of course it is cronie running. You need to do some reading here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd

I see most have misread what I typed, my perspective was not purely ARCHcentric

As Scimmia said, scripts under rc.d are arch specific, written by arch maintainers, not upstream.

I think some developers (upstream) provide sysvinit service files, but not initscript files. But I don't know what arch maintainers do with *those* files.

Last edited by x33a (2013-05-10 13:37:44)

MilenKid

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Re: [SOLVED] init/rc

You are running systemd, no? So, of course it is cronie running. You need to do some reading here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd

I did. I don't know why everyone is assuming that I do not read the documentation. I thought it's obvious from my question.

But as long as rc files should not exist (they have no point), I thought maybe start-up is done in the old way.

Thanks.