Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-29 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thu, March 22, 2012 12:55 am, Walter Dnes wrote: On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:02:32PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote I said this before, but it sounds useful to try to reiterate: * It's probable that service-specific files should not be included in the init system package. * Service-specific

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-22 Thread Mike Edenfield
From: Walter Dnes [mailto:waltd...@waltdnes.org] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 5:14 PM On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 09:35:55PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote What we're talking about with systemd vs openrc, and things like ssh'd first-time initialization is all within the realm of responsibility

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-22 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 09:35:55PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote What we're talking about with systemd vs openrc, and things like ssh'd first-time initialization is all within the realm of responsibility of the packager. It's a shift in the way the distribution itself works. We're not talking

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-22 Thread Michael Mol
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 09:35:55PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote What we're talking about with systemd vs openrc, and things like ssh'd first-time initialization is all within the realm of responsibility of the packager.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-21 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 01:18:24AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote I'm not sure where you're going with this. We're discussing an init system and good, simple ways to start services. App maintainers are going to continue to do whatever they feel they ought to do, some might write the systemd

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:40:27 -0400 Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 01:18:24AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote I'm not sure where you're going with this. We're discussing an init system and good, simple ways to start services. App maintainers are going to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-21 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:40:27 -0400 Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 01:18:24AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote I'm not sure where you're going with this. We're discussing an init

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-21 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:02:32PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote I said this before, but it sounds useful to try to reiterate: * It's probable that service-specific files should not be included in the init system package. * Service-specific init files should probably be part of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-21 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:02:32PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote I said this before, but it sounds useful to try to reiterate: * It's probable that service-specific files should not be included in the init system package.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:48:54 -0400 (EDT), Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote: And for the Lennart fanboi, his coding is so questionable that Lennartware has become derogatory slang. (Of course, you already know that.) And this is such a common term nowadays that when Googling for Lennartware only one

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-19 Thread Eliezer Croitoru
i want to try this systemd thingy, where do is start at? i have a vm for testing and i might will adopt it on the real one. Thanks, Eliezer On 18/03/2012 09:28, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: it or at least try it, and given the level of discussion you present, I'm starting to think you don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:45:06 -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: * Really good in-site customization: The service unit files are trivially overrided with custom ones for specific installations, without needing to touch the ones installed by systemd or a program. With OpenRC, if I modify a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:49:56 -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: They ensure that there is an sshd configuration file and give a meaningful message (including where to find the sample) if it is not present, and check for the presence of the hostkeys (again which are needed) and create them

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-19 Thread Alex Schuster
Eliezer Croitoru writes: i want to try this systemd thingy, where do is start at? http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Systemd Wonko

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-19 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:49:56 -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: They ensure that there is an sshd configuration file and give a meaningful message (including where to find the sample) if it is not present, and check

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-19 Thread Bruce Hill, Jr.
On March 19, 2012 at 9:13 AM Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:48:54 -0400 (EDT), Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote: And for the Lennart fanboi, his coding is so questionable that Lennartware has become derogatory slang. (Of course, you already know that.) And this

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-19 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:35:26AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote systemd is like Captain Picard of STTNG (Start Trek The Next Generation) always saying make it so. *HOW DO YOU MAKE IT SO? That intelligence has to be somewhere. So what alternative do you propose? A bash or ash script is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:33:11 -0400 (EDT), Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote: And for the Lennart fanboi, his coding is so questionable that Lennartware has become derogatory slang. (Of course, you already know that.) And this is such a common term nowadays that when Googling for Lennartware

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:58:22 -0400 Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:35:26AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote systemd is like Captain Picard of STTNG (Start Trek The Next Generation) always saying make it so. *HOW DO YOU MAKE IT SO? That intelligence has

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr. da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote: On March 17, 2012 at 10:57 PM Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr. da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote: On March 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Graham Murray
Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com writes: * Really simple service unit files: The service unit files are really small, really simple, really easy to understand/modify. Compare the 9 lines of sshd.service: $ cat /etc/systemd/system/sshd.service [Unit] Description=SSH Secure Shell Service

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 2:02 AM, Graham Murray gra...@gmurray.org.uk wrote: Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com writes: * Really simple service unit files: The service unit files are really small, really simple, really easy to understand/modify. Compare the 9 lines of sshd.service: $ cat

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mar 18, 2012 3:52 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: If the config file doesn't exists, the service will not start, and you can check the reason why with systemctl status sshd.service And of course you can set another mini sevice unit file to create the hostkeys. But I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:45:06 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: * Finally, and what I think is the most fundamental difference between systemd and almost any other init system: The service unit files in systemd are *declarative*; you tell the daemon *what* to do, not *how* to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:45:06 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: * Finally, and what I think is the most fundamental difference between systemd and almost any other init system: The service unit files in systemd are *declarative*; you tell the daemon

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: On Mar 18, 2012 3:52 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: If the config file doesn't exists, the service will not start, and you can check the reason why with systemctl status sshd.service And of course you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: On Mar 18, 2012 3:52 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: If the config file doesn't exists, the service will not start, and you can

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:25:32 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: Or, said configuration files might be corrupted; the OpenRC initscript -- if written defensively -- will be able to detect that and (perhaps) fallback to something sane. systemd can't do that, short of putting

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 01:25:32PM -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: On Mar 18, 2012 3:52 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: If the config file doesn't exists, the service will not start, and you can

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 03:15:02PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote Here's what I want: When the machine starts, I want services X, Y and Z to run. The software figures out what order they must start in and how the deps work. Clean, neat, easy. systemd is like Captain Picard of STTNG (Start

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:23:37 -0400 Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 03:15:02PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote Here's what I want: When the machine starts, I want services X, Y and Z to run. The software figures out what order they must start in and how the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-17 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hello, Nikos. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Happy Computer Users, systemd is on your horizon. No, we don't.  I hope systemd arrives

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-17 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mar 18, 2012 8:48 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hello, Nikos. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Happy Computer

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-17 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: On Mar 18, 2012 8:48 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hello, Nikos. On Sat, Mar

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-17 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 18/03/12 03:45, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: snip [...] * It tries to unify Linux behaviour among distros (some can argue that this is a bad thing): Using systemd, the same configurations/techniques work the same

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-17 Thread Bruce Hill, Jr.
On March 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hello, Nikos. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Happy Computer Users, systemd is on your horizon. No, we don't. I hope systemd

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-17 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mar 18, 2012 9:44 AM, Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 18/03/12 03:45, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: snip [...] * It tries to unify Linux behaviour among distros (some can argue that this is a bad

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-17 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr. da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote: On March 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hello, Nikos. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-17 Thread Bruce Hill, Jr.
On March 17, 2012 at 9:45 PM Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: But again, remember that I'm biased: I keep an overlay to run Gentoo systems with only systemd; no OpenRC, no baselayout, no SysV. You guys can try it if you want:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-17 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr. da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote: On March 17, 2012 at 9:45 PM Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: But again, remember that I'm biased: I keep an overlay to run Gentoo systems with only systemd; no OpenRC, no baselayout, no

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd? [ Was: The End Is Near ... ]

2012-03-17 Thread Bruce Hill, Jr.
On March 17, 2012 at 10:57 PM Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr. da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote: On March 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote: