[2011-01-16 17:28] Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com>
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> unarchive 453106
> found 453106 runit/2.1.1-6.2
> quit
> [resending now that the bug is unarchived; sorry for the noise.]
>
> Abhijit Hoskeri wrote:
>
> > The runit package does not have any way ( ex. a debconf variable) to
> > avoid inserting the runit entry into inittab. This means that when runit
> > is installed in a non-active environment like a CD installation, the
> > runit /etc/inittab entry will immediately attempt to start the services
> > it comes with.
> >
> > This feature may not always be desirable, especially if we intend to
> > install the runit-run package, in which case /etc/inittab will not be
> > used at all.
> >
> > It would be sufficient to avoid sending SIGHUP to during the postinst,
> > or make this optional. Thanks.
>
> Jamie Rollins wrote:
>
> > Anyway, it's not a tragic issue, but there are many instances when
> > this package is desired for some of the other binaries it contains
> > (such as chpst) and the daemon is not needed or desired at all,
> > especially running on start up.
>
> This is not going to happen in squeeze[1], but presumably work
> towards taking care of these needs in wheezy would be welcome.

Seems src:runit_2.1.2-9 does exactly what this bug is about:

 * `runit' if you just want binaries
 * `runit-{init,sysv,systemd}' if you want them automatically invoked

control: close -1

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