On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 08:35:42PM -0600, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > Even though I agree that we should never have been forced to reinvent a > wheel that wasn't broken, I have no problem with co-existence. But the > systemd cabal might not want to share. Will be interesting to see if at some > point those unit files are locked down in a way that prevents the > conversion. Then back to the creative drawing board. One possible scenario . > . . if init freedom can survive long enough, systemd might just trip over > its own feet and go poof. Hey, I can dream . . . :D
By that time, we may already have converted enough systemd unit files. -- hendrik > > golinux > > > On 2019-11-27 19:23, Ralph Ronnquist via Dng wrote: > > Hmm, I understood > > > > http://www.trek.eu.org/devel/sysd2v/sysd2v-0.2.sh > > > > to be the code, and that it's about to be included in the sysvinit > > package. > > > > If it works well enough, it'll be a handy tool for init script > > writers, even though it implicitly validates the existence of > > something the world could have been without to start with. > > > > Ralph. > > > > Steve Litt wrote on 28/11/19 11:53 am: > > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:18:55 -0600 > > > goli...@devuan.org wrote: > > > > > > > More fiddling while Rome burns . . . sigh . . . > > > > > > > > I'm in a bit of a mood because I thought that a script to convert > > > > systemd units to init style shell scripts would be worthy of at least > > > > some discussion. > > > > > > > > golinux > > > > > > Well holy cow, give us a chance! > > > > > > That conversion is pretty technical, and I haven't yet seen the source > > > code: Its location isn't obvious. I can't discuss something I have > > > little knowledge of. After all, we're not systemd fanboiz. The URL you > > > supplied raises more questions than answers. > > > > > > For instance, how the script decides whether to execute something in a > > > function or straightaway is a bit of a mystery to me. Another mystery > > > is which init system the output is intended to control. It doesn't > > > look > > > like any sysvinit scripts I've seen, and it's for sure not runit, s6 > > > or > > > Epoch. > > > > > > If anyone finds the URL of the *actual code* of the converter, please > > > post it. > > > > > > You're right about one thing: This is great news. Whether we end up > > > using the script and adapting to other inits by parsing the output, or > > > whether we end up using part of the script to work with each init, > > > this > > > should make life easier. > > > > > > SteveT > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
