Bug#741930: Re: Bug#741930: reportbug: add current init system information

2014-11-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 10:15:46AM +, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > There isn't really a reliable way to identify any of these as the current > running system, and upstart is not checking the running processes either. > * To check for upstart as the running system manager, one checks

Bug#741930: Re: Bug#741930: reportbug: add current init system information

2014-11-08 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Sandro Tosi: what is the recommended way to identify sysvinit? from the info > provided above one requires to check a dir existence and the > checking a command and then execute it to parse its output. it seems > a bit fragile, and maybe only upstart check really the running > processes There