Hi all, The runit (or daemontools or s6) service directory is the directory which is scanned for symlinks of runit directories. The Debian runit package sets it to /etc/service, the Void package sets it to /var/service, and both djb and runit author G. Pape recommend setting it to /service, which of course would be rejected by most admins.
Debian's /etc/service is a perfectly good choice as long as: 1) /etc isn't read only 2) You're not using runit along with daemontools or s6 or anything else which might claim the name "service". In the short run we can just use the Debian default. Most people have read/write /etc, and most people don't simultaneously install runit along with either s6 or daemontools/daemontools-encore. In the longer run I'd recommend /var/rsvc because /var is always read-write, and the r in rsvc indicates "runit", where for s6 it would be /var/ssvc and daemontools would be /var/dsvc. For the time being I'll proceed on the assumption that it will be /etc/service for the foreseeable future. Just a heads-up. SteveT Steve Litt September 2018 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
