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anespo

Member

From: Europe

Registered: 2007-07-17

Posts: 39

there is a replacement for sysvinit - runit

runit is a cross-platform Unix init scheme with service supervision; a replacement for sysvinit and other init schemes.
It runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X, and Solaris, and can easily be adapted to other Unix operating systems. runit implements a simple three-stage concept.

Stage 1 performs the system's one-time initialization tasks.
Stage 2 starts the system's uptime services (via the runsvdir program).
Stage 3 handles the tasks necessary to shutdown and halt or reboot.

does not archlinux  want to switch to runit?

klixon

Member

From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-01-17

Posts: 525

Re: there is a replacement for sysvinit - runit

Why would archlinux want that?

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Stand back, intruder, or i'll blast you out of space! I am Klixon and I don't want any dealings with you human lifeforms. I'm a cyborg!

neotuli

Lazy Developer

From: London, UK

Registered: 2004-07-06

Posts: 1,204

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Re: there is a replacement for sysvinit - runit

Always with the suggestions, never with the code to show for them. Worse yet, an incomplete explanation and poorly supported argument for making major changes to  a very central and critical component of the system.

I just don't get it.

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The suggestion box only accepts patches.

axion419

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Registered: 2007-04-12

Posts: 185

Re: there is a replacement for sysvinit - runit

I am not for or against this, since I cant code it, and i dont really understand it   BUT for any interested party here is their page http://smarden.org/runit/