Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 04/05/2016 15:44, Rob Owens a écrit : - Original Message - From: "Didier Kryn" Le 03/05/2016 19:10, Rob Owens a écrit : Yes, but then when an openrc user wants to start/stop a service, he cannot do '/etc/init.d/myservice start' like he could do on any other OS using openrc. He'd ha

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread poitr pogo
upstart is init subsystem which is using same names for binaries; commands as sysvinit probably to be a drop in replacement, not ment to coexist with sysvinit. sysv-rc,openrc , file-rc all depend on init binary daemon and are replacements for init.d/rc(S) files which init binary executes. so they

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 4 May 2016 09:54:37 -0400 (EDT) Rob Owens wrote: > - Original Message - > > From: "Steve Litt" > > > On Tue, 3 May 2016 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT) > > Rob Owens wrote: > > > >> I agree with putting each init in its own directory, but sysvinit > >> should not own /etc/init.d. sy

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread poitr pogo
If I had to be and admin of mixture of linux distributions I would probably use 'service', instead of remembering all commands suited for different init flavours and checking on which box I'm about to run a command. But in such a case I probably would not care what kind of init subsystem is runnin

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 09:44:30AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: Normally *this* admin never uses the service command because: You should because the service command cleans the environment. If you do „/etc/init.d/ start” you can have strange results. 1) it is not available on all distros or may n

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "Steve Litt" > On Tue, 3 May 2016 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT) > Rob Owens wrote: > >> I agree with putting each init in its own directory, but sysvinit >> should not own /etc/init.d. sysvinit stuff should go in /etc/sysvinit >> and by default /etc/init.d should be

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Robert Storey writes: > For whatever it's worth, I'm fully supportive of the idea of defaulting to > a simpler init system such as S6, Epoch, Runit, you-name-it. I can't speak > for anyone else, of course, but I tend to think the sort of people who are > attracted to Devuan see the virtue of simpl

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "Didier Kryn" > Le 03/05/2016 19:10, Rob Owens a écrit : >> Yes, but then when an openrc user wants to start/stop a service, he >> cannot do '/etc/init.d/myservice start' like he could do on any other >> OS using openrc. He'd have to do '/etc/openrc/myservice

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan (and Windows)

2016-05-04 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 08:10:40AM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > > There's a special place in hell for people using ambiguous > > abbreviations, acronyms, and nicknames. > > You mean, like the whole IT industry - and in fact pretty well any industry ? > Such terms are routi

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread Noel Torres
Steve Litt escribió: [...] I think the only daemons you really need in an installer are the gettys, sshd, wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd. And you'll probably want the display manager too. Those obviously must be included in packages. The more obscure stuff can exist first on the Wiki, and gradually b

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 04/05/2016 05:43, Joel Roth a écrit : nteresting, I thought /sbin was historically for statically linked executables needed at boot time, or for system recovery. I think the 's' stands for "System-critical", not "Statically-linked". Didier ___

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 03/05/2016 19:10, Rob Owens a écrit : Yes, but then when an openrc user wants to start/stop a service, he cannot do '/etc/init.d/myservice start' like he could do on any other OS using openrc. He'd have to do '/etc/openrc/myservice start'. Not a really big deal, but I think it's undesirable

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 04 May 2016 06:47:06 + Noel Torres wrote: > Steve Litt escribió: > > > On Mon, 2 May 2016 22:15:44 -1000 > > Joel Roth wrote: > > > > > >> The problem with supporting multiple init systems is that > >> there is an init script for each service that has to be > >> ported or rewritt

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-04 Thread Joel Roth
On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 01:03:08PM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: > For whatever it's worth, I'm fully supportive of the idea of defaulting to > a simpler init system such as S6, Epoch, Runit, you-name-it. Many people agree that sysvinit with its symlinks and run levels is overly complex for the com

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan (and Windows)

2016-05-04 Thread Simon Hobson
Steve Litt wrote: > There's a special place in hell for people using ambiguous > abbreviations, acronyms, and nicknames. You mean, like the whole IT industry - and in fact pretty well any industry ? Such terms are routinely used because they make speech and writing less verbose. I did my appre

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Noel Torres
Steve Litt escribió: On Mon, 2 May 2016 22:15:44 -1000 Joel Roth wrote: The problem with supporting multiple init systems is that there is an init script for each service that has to be ported or rewritten. [...] It's a documentation task. If we had a wiki upon which users could write the

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 12:55:09AM -0400, Peter Olson wrote: > > On May 3, 2016 at 11:43 PM Joel Roth wrote: > > [...] > > > Interesting, I thought /sbin was historically for statically > > linked executables needed at boot time, or for system > > recovery. > > The /sbin and /usr/sbin are anal

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 03:24:47PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > There's a small number of directories that are supposed to be on the > > root filesystem, or otherwise available during boot. I believe /etc > > and /bin are two of these. > > > > /usr is not. I suspect /var i

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Noel Torres
Jim Murphy escribió: [...] UNIX and lookalikes have been able to boot into single user mode with a small root filesystem without the need for /usr, /var or ... There are still admins that have split any number of these directories into their own filesystems for various reasons. I guess you can c

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread emninger
Am Tue, 03 May 2016 08:27:05 + schrieb dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org: > From: parazyd > To: Hendrik Boom > Cc: dng@lists.dyne.org > Subject: Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan > Message-ID: <20160503071226.GA10101@hansolo> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Robert Storey
For whatever it's worth, I'm fully supportive of the idea of defaulting to a simpler init system such as S6, Epoch, Runit, you-name-it. I can't speak for anyone else, of course, but I tend to think the sort of people who are attracted to Devuan see the virtue of simplicity. The main reason why we d

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Peter Olson
> On May 3, 2016 at 11:43 PM Joel Roth wrote: [...] > Interesting, I thought /sbin was historically for statically > linked executables needed at boot time, or for system > recovery. The /sbin and /usr/sbin are analogous to /bin and /usr/sbin but they contain programs for administrative purpos

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Joel Roth
Steve Litt wrote: > Joel Roth wrote: > > > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > There's a small number of directories that are supposed to be on > > > the root filesystem, or otherwise available during boot. I > > > believe /etc and /bin are two of these. > > > > > > /usr is not. I suspect /var isn't eit

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 May 2016 15:24:47 -1000 Joel Roth wrote: > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > There's a small number of directories that are supposed to be on > > the root filesystem, or otherwise available during boot. I > > believe /etc and /bin are two of these. > > > > /usr is not. I suspect /var isn't eit

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan (and Windows)

2016-05-03 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2016 03 May 16:38 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > "Pen testing" My Aunt's Hat! I thought it was trying different Linux distributions from a USB pen. Shrug. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Joel Roth
Hendrik Boom wrote: > There's a small number of directories that are supposed to be on the > root filesystem, or otherwise available during boot. I believe /etc > and /bin are two of these. > > /usr is not. I suspect /var isn't either. > > init is supposed to be able to read /etc/fstab to fin

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 03 May 2016 23:07:05 +0200 Svante Signell wrote: > On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 16:32 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Tue, 3 May 2016 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT) > >  > > Because OpenRC has seen fit to intermix their init scripts > > with sysvinit's in /etc/init.d, I'd suggest that any files needed by

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 23:24 +0200, parazyd wrote: > On Tue, 03 May 2016, Svante Signell wrote: >  > As I've stated at the beginning of this whole thread, debian-openrc is > irrelevant and a bad way to solve the whole issue of using OpenRC > properly, becase they keep using LSB initscripts... What

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan (and Windows)

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
Thanks Stephanie! There's a special place in hell for people using ambiguous abbreviations, acronyms, and nicknames. I mean really, do they think this makes them sound more "in the know?" That author is a WAD. Now I get to feel superior as the word WAD rolls glibly and effortlessly off my tongue.

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread parazyd
On Tue, 03 May 2016, Svante Signell wrote: > On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 23:05 +0200, parazyd wrote: > > On Tue, 03 May 2016, Svante Signell wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 16:32 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, 3 May 2016 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT) > > > >   > > > > Because Op

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 23:05 +0200, parazyd wrote: > On Tue, 03 May 2016, Svante Signell wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 16:32 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 3 May 2016 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT) > > >   > > > Because OpenRC has seen fit to intermix their init scripts > > > with sy

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread parazyd
On Tue, 03 May 2016, Svante Signell wrote: > On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 16:32 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Tue, 3 May 2016 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT) > >  > > Because OpenRC has seen fit to intermix their init scripts > > with sysvinit's in /etc/init.d, I'd suggest that any files needed by > > OpenRC be k

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 16:32 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2016 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT) >  > Because OpenRC has seen fit to intermix their init scripts > with sysvinit's in /etc/init.d, I'd suggest that any files needed by > OpenRC be kept somewhere besides /etc/init.d. > Hi Steve, We had

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread parazyd
On Tue, 03 May 2016, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2016 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT) > Rob Owens wrote: > > > > I agree with putting each init in its own directory, but sysvinit > > should not own /etc/init.d. sysvinit stuff should go in /etc/sysvinit > > and by default /etc/init.d should be a lin

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 May 2016 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT) Rob Owens wrote: > I agree with putting each init in its own directory, but sysvinit > should not own /etc/init.d. sysvinit stuff should go in /etc/sysvinit > and by default /etc/init.d should be a link to /etc/sysvinit/init.d. > The reason is that other

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan (and Windows)

2016-05-03 Thread Mitt Green
‎Steven W. Scott wrote: ‎ > Wow. Funny that, my view is:‎ > Windows: Gaming > Linux: everything else I am kind of a "hardcore" gamer, nowadays especially in Sauerbraten and Urban Terror, back then in RedEclipse, I actually think that the situation with games is good. Count here 0 A.D., Battle for

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 02:16:55PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2016 13:00:39 +0100 > KatolaZ wrote: > > > On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 06:32:41AM -0500, Jim Murphy wrote: > > > > [cut] > > > > > > > > I know this is in the very early stages and where things go is > > > still open to di

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan (and Windows)

2016-05-03 Thread Linux O'Beardly
> Windows? Lol! > > SWS > On May 3, 2016 5:05 AM, "Go Linux" wrote: > >> On Tue, 5/3/16, Mitt Green wrote: >> >> Subject: Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan >> To: dng@lists.dyne.org >> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 1:51 AM >> >> >>

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan (and Windows)

2016-05-03 Thread Steven W. Scott
5/3/16, Mitt Green wrote: > > Subject: Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 1:51 AM > > >> The current init system is old. Ancient. > >> We should all agree on it. Devuan is looking > >> for a new init system t

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 May 2016 13:00:39 +0100 KatolaZ wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 06:32:41AM -0500, Jim Murphy wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > I know this is in the very early stages and where things go is > > still open to discussion, but consider this. > > > > UNIX and lookalikes have been able to boot

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 May 2016 12:18:13 +0100 KatolaZ wrote: > Ideally, switching between init systems (e.g., reverting back to an > init system which is known to work) should be achievable from a > single-user root shell spawned as an emergency "init", using only a > few executables in /bin and /sbin. Anyt

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan (and Windows)

2016-05-03 Thread Stephanie Daugherty
I assume "penetration testing", and seems like a shortsighted view. On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 1:57 PM Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2016 09:05:03 + (UTC) > Go Linux wrote: > > > > > > > > Linux = Pen testing > > Windows = everything else > > What is pen testing? Am

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan (and Windows)

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 May 2016 09:05:03 + (UTC) Go Linux wrote: > > > Linux = Pen testing > Windows = everything else What is pen testing? Am I out of touch, or is this guy making up words? SteveT Steve Litt April 2016 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 May 2016 11:24:01 +0200 Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 03/05/2016 08:51, Mitt Green a écrit : > >> The current init system is old. Ancient. > >> We should all agree on it. Devuan is looking > >> for a new init system that is not systemd and my > >> personal choice for this task from now on is

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 07:31:35PM +0200, parazyd wrote: > On Tue, 03 May 2016, Rob Owens wrote: > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "parazyd" > > > > > On Tue, 03 May 2016, Rob Owens wrote: > > > > > >> - Original Message - > > >> > From: "KatolaZ" > > >> > > >> > But do w

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 May 2016 09:59:40 +0100 KatolaZ wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 08:50:20PM +1200, Daniel Reurich wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > This can all be handled in each package with the package triggers > > enabled easily with a debhelper script similar to dh-systemd which > > makes it easy to d

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread parazyd
On Tue, 03 May 2016, Rob Owens wrote: > - Original Message - > > From: "parazyd" > > > On Tue, 03 May 2016, Rob Owens wrote: > > > >> - Original Message - > >> > From: "KatolaZ" > >> > >> > But do we really need all that complication? Couldn't we just leave > >> > the initscri

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 2 May 2016 22:15:44 -1000 Joel Roth wrote: > The problem with supporting multiple init systems is that > there is an init script for each service that has to be > ported or rewritten. > > Launching Devuan while maintaining the sysvinit status quo > has already stressed the pool of volu

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 May 2016 09:12:26 +0200 parazyd wrote: > On Mon, 02 May 2016, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > Is there a summary of some sort explaining the various init > > systems, how they're put together, how they work, and especially > > the salient points on which they differ? > > Perhaps this as a

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "parazyd" > On Tue, 03 May 2016, Rob Owens wrote: > >> - Original Message - >> > From: "KatolaZ" >> >> > But do we really need all that complication? Couldn't we just leave >> > the initscript of each init system in a different directory and *tell >

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Steve Litt
Assuming Piotr means "sysvinit" when he says "init", I agree 100%. Unless you're a Debian Dev, Lennart Poettering, or a Red Hat stockholder, there's no rush to move away from sysvinit, which has been serving us very well for what, three decades? On Tue, 3 May 2016 08:41:37 +0200 poitr pogo wrot

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 05:19:19PM +0200, parazyd wrote: [cut] > > This is unnecessary. In OpenRC you can easily specify $SYSCONFDIR and > set it to /etc/openrc. Then all will be found inside, and the system > will already know what to do, without symlinking. > Great. It would b ideal if all t

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread parazyd
On Tue, 03 May 2016, Rob Owens wrote: > - Original Message - > > From: "KatolaZ" > > > But do we really need all that complication? Couldn't we just leave > > the initscript of each init system in a different directory and *tell > > the init system* where they are to be found? This will

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 10:06 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > - Original Message - > > > > From: "KatolaZ" > > > > But do we really need all that complication? Couldn't we just leave > > the initscript of each init system in a different directory and *tell > > the init system* where they are to

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Rainer Weikusat
parazyd writes: > The current init system is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. The current init system is younger than me. Despite I'm 43 (and will be 44 in a few months), people still want to see a proof of me being already 18 with annoying regularity (although the frequency has decreased

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "KatolaZ" > But do we really need all that complication? Couldn't we just leave > the initscript of each init system in a different directory and *tell > the init system* where they are to be found? This will allow a much > easier coexistence of different conf

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 03/05/16 21:43, KatolaZ wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 09:24:42PM +1200, Daniel Reurich wrote: > > [cut] > >> >> Absolutely, but for the average user, having /etc/init.d and >> /etc/openrc and /etc/wtf all there when using sysvinit (and not >> changing between init systems) is only going

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Svante Signell
On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 12:44 +, hellekin wrote: > On 05/03/2016 12:00 PM, KatolaZ wrote: > > > > > > I definitely agree with you Jim, and this is certainly one aspect to > > be taken into account seriously. We should strive to allow the maximum > > flexibility in choosing an init system, ensur

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread hellekin
On 05/03/2016 12:00 PM, KatolaZ wrote: > > I definitely agree with you Jim, and this is certainly one aspect to > be taken into account seriously. We should strive to allow the maximum > flexibility in choosing an init system, ensuring that the set of > constraints remains as small as possible. >

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread poitr pogo
IMHO i would expect package init scripts for default init system to be part of a package (binary,base, etc) and scripts for alternate systems to be in separate package(s). Of course all residing in single src package maintained by the devuan package maintainer. Someone who decides to use alternat

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 06:32:41AM -0500, Jim Murphy wrote: [cut] > > I know this is in the very early stages and where things go is > still open to discussion, but consider this. > > UNIX and lookalikes have been able to boot into single user mode > with a small root filesystem without the nee

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Jim Murphy
On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 4:43 AM, KatolaZ wrote: --- cut --- > Why we don't just ship the init scripts for each system with the > corresponding service, install them "somewhere else" (e.g., > /var/cache/sysvinit, /var/cache/openrc, /var/cache/wtf, as has been > already suggested by others) and the

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 12:18:37PM +0200, parazyd wrote: > On Tue, 03 May 2016, KatolaZ wrote: > [cut] > > Why we don't just ship the init scripts for each system with the > > corresponding service, install them "somewhere else" (e.g., > > /var/cache/sysvinit, /var/cache/openrc, /var/cache/wtf,

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread parazyd
On Tue, 03 May 2016, KatolaZ wrote: > > The bonus is that each init system can be implemented independently and > > the service packages have support built-in as people wanting their fav > > init system get it added in to the package. This will in most cases be > > a small patch adding the necess

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 09:24:42PM +1200, Daniel Reurich wrote: [cut] > > Absolutely, but for the average user, having /etc/init.d and /etc/openrc > and /etc/wtf all there when using sysvinit (and not changing between > init systems) is only going to lead to confusion. Being able to have > them

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Brad Campbell
On 03/05/16 17:24, Didier Kryn wrote: Le 03/05/2016 08:51, Mitt Green a écrit : The current init system is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. Devuan is looking for a new init system that is not systemd and my personal choice for this task from now on is Gentoo's OpenRC. ‎ Unix is old. Anc

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 03/05/16 20:59, KatolaZ wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 08:50:20PM +1200, Daniel Reurich wrote: > > [cut] > >> >> This can all be handled in each package with the package triggers >> enabled easily with a debhelper script similar to dh-systemd which makes >> it easy to deploy init scripts/uni

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 03/05/2016 08:51, Mitt Green a écrit : The current init system is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. Devuan is looking for a new init system that is not systemd and my personal choice for this task from now on is Gentoo's OpenRC. ‎ Unix is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. Devuan

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan (and Windows)

2016-05-03 Thread Go Linux
On Tue, 5/3/16, Mitt Green wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 1:51 AM >> The current init system is old. Ancient. >> We should all agree on it. Devuan is looking >> for a new init system that is not systemd and my

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 08:50:20PM +1200, Daniel Reurich wrote: [cut] > > This can all be handled in each package with the package triggers > enabled easily with a debhelper script similar to dh-systemd which makes > it easy to deploy init scripts/unit files/runscripts etc in their own > namespa

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 03/05/16 20:15, Joel Roth wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: >> On Mon, 2 May 2016 21:05:18 -0400 >> Hendrik Boom wrote: >> >>> Is there a summary of some sort explaining the various init systems, >>> how they're put together, how they work, and especially the salient >>> points on which they differ?

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread parazyd
On Tue, 03 May 2016, Simon Hobson wrote: > Jaromil wrote: > > >> Instead of an openRC effort at this point, I'd rather see a hook > >> for apt-get / aptitude / etc, to move all files specific to init > >> systems not being used to their own file hierarchies, eg. > >> > >> /var/cache/init-syste

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Jaromil
to all, very important, perhaps to be set on the homepage: On Tue, 03 May 2016, poitr pogo wrote: > I vote for init to be default for at least few years. > Devuan might consider switching to something else few years after > wheezy lts will be dead. > > Meantime, all other init systems should be

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Simon Hobson
Jaromil wrote: >> Instead of an openRC effort at this point, I'd rather see a hook >> for apt-get / aptitude / etc, to move all files specific to init >> systems not being used to their own file hierarchies, eg. >> >> /var/cache/init-systems >>/sysvinit >> /etc >> /lib >> /us

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 10:15:44PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: [cut] > > The problem with supporting multiple init systems is that > there is an init script for each service that has to be > ported or rewritten. > > Launching Devuan while maintaining the sysvinit status quo > has already stressed

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Jaromil
On Mon, 02 May 2016, Boruch Baum wrote: > Instead of an openRC effort at this point, I'd rather see a hook > for apt-get / aptitude / etc, to move all files specific to init > systems not being used to their own file hierarchies, eg. > > /var/cache/init-systems > /sysvinit > /etc >

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Joel Roth
Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 2 May 2016 21:05:18 -0400 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > Is there a summary of some sort explaining the various init systems, > > how they're put together, how they work, and especially the salient > > points on which they differ? > > I've tried. See > http://troublesh

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread parazyd
On Tue, 03 May 2016, poitr pogo wrote: > I vote for init to be default for at least few years. > Devuan might consider switching to something else few years after > wheezy lts will be dead. > > Meantime, all other init systems should be optional in Devuan. > Then there is just enough time to ma

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread parazyd
On Tue, 03 May 2016, Brad Campbell wrote: > On 03/05/16 07:19, parazyd wrote: > >The current init system is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. > > >Devuan is looking for a new init system that is not systemd and my > >personal choice for this task from now on is Gentoo's OpenRC. > > Withou

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread parazyd
On Mon, 02 May 2016, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Is there a summary of some sort explaining the various init systems, > how they're put together, how they work, and especially the salient > points on which they differ? Perhaps this as a short intro: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Comparison_of_init_sys

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-03 Thread Simon Hobson
Mitt Green wrote: >> The current init system is old. Ancient. >> We should all agree on it. Devuan is looking >> for a new init system that is not systemd and my >> personal choice for this task from now on is >> Gentoo's OpenRC. > ‎ > Unix is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. > Devuan is

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-02 Thread Mitt Green
> The current init system is old. Ancient. > We should all agree on it. Devuan is looking > for a new init system that is not systemd and my > personal choice for this task from now on is > Gentoo's OpenRC. ‎ Unix is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. Devuan is looking for a new base system t

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-02 Thread poitr pogo
I vote for init to be default for at least few years. Devuan might consider switching to something else few years after wheezy lts will be dead. Meantime, all other init systems should be optional in Devuan. -- Regards Piotr On 5/3/16, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 2 May 2016 21:05:18 -0400 > Hen

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 2 May 2016 21:05:18 -0400 Hendrik Boom wrote: > Is there a summary of some sort explaining the various init systems, > how they're put together, how they work, and especially the salient > points on which they differ? I've tried. See http://troubleshooters.com/linux/init/features_and_b

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 May 2016 01:19:40 +0200 parazyd wrote: > The current init system is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. > Devuan is looking for a new init system that is not systemd and my > personal choice for this task from now on is Gentoo's OpenRC. I'd love to see OpenRC as an option. I'd hat

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-02 Thread Daniel Reurich
Original Message From: Daniel Reurich Sent: 3 May 2016 1:54:36 PM NZST To: parazyd Subject: Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan On 3 May 2016 11:19:40 AM NZST, parazyd wrote: >The current init system is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. Sure but it just works. >

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-02 Thread Brad Campbell
On 03/05/16 07:19, parazyd wrote: The current init system is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. Devuan is looking for a new init system that is not systemd and my personal choice for this task from now on is Gentoo's OpenRC. Without getting specific, I just want to flag this as the sor

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-02 Thread Boruch Baum
On 2016-05-03 01:19, parazyd wrote: > The current init system is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. > Devuan is looking for a new init system that is not systemd and my > personal choice for this task from now on is Gentoo's OpenRC. > ... I use a version of Manjaro linux built for openRC, and

Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 01:19:40AM +0200, parazyd wrote: > The current init system is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. > Devuan is looking for a new init system that is not systemd and my > personal choice for this task from now on is Gentoo's OpenRC. > > In Debian, years ago, effort was m

[DNG] OpenRC and Devuan

2016-05-02 Thread parazyd
The current init system is old. Ancient. We should all agree on it. Devuan is looking for a new init system that is not systemd and my personal choice for this task from now on is Gentoo's OpenRC. In Debian, years ago, effort was made to get OpenRC running. Utter fail. The developers kept the old