On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 09:05:03PM +0200, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote: > On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 02:51:54PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > System V init has some deliberate limits (for example a fixed number of > > run-levels). For the hurd we want something better. > > So, what will the hurd implement ?
I am afraid the Hurd itself will not write any code :) > When ? ha! :) > > However, I ported sysvinit from Linux to the Hurd. An experimental, old > > But if hurd won't use it, why port ? (Well, it's useful to run System > V initialization files, which Debian GNU/Linux uses, but we should do > things well from the start...) (this is my opinion). Debian GNU/Hurd will use it until the other stuff is implemnted, so people who use the distribution will get what they want. That's why Roland implemented the /libexec/runsystem feature, so we can keep it confifgurable but seperated. Debian has an interface to add bootscripts (update-rc.d), so any style of init mechanism can be plugged in. In Debian, there exist at least two different init procedures you can install (sysvinit and file-rc). Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
