Hi Andrew, On Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:55:35 +0200 Andrew Bower <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: runit > Version: 2.3.1-4 > Severity: wishlist > > When using runit-user-session, I cannot squelch verbose logging for a > script that wants to be run repeatedly because there is no > user-controlled path checked for this. is this about "invoke-run: starting foo" message from invoke-run or something else? Do you have /etc/runit/verbose file? If so, invoke-run can be changed so that a different path (inside /home/$user/) is tested for user services > Even if there were, the idiom > would be unclear because does one naturally want to override it on or > off? for system-wide services the default is not verbose, one has to touch the file to get the "invoke-run: starting foo" message > > Another approach might be for an individual runscript to be able to > do it when it's not appropriate for that service, but that is not > obviously how to implement either. > > (My example is mbsync from the isync package. I have not investigated > runit-cron-snooze but it would not be suitable for me because I do > not wish to replace proper cron!) I don't know the isync package but, in case it helps, you can use snooze + runit to get a "timer-like" service without the runit-cron-snooze package. Best, Lorenzo > > Minor issue. > > Thanks! > > > -- System Information: > Distributor ID: Devuan > Description: Devuan GNU/Linux 7 (freia/ceres) > Release: 7 > Codename: freia ceres > Architecture: x86_64 > > Kernel: Linux 7.1.3+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE=en_GB:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: runit (via /run/runit.stopit) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages runit depends on: > ii libc6 2.42-17 > ii runit-helper 2.16.7 > ii sysuser-helper 1.6.0 > > Versions of packages runit recommends: > ii runit-init 2.3.1-4 > > Versions of packages runit suggests: > ii runit-services 0.13.0 > ii socklog 2.1.2+repack-3 > pn ucspi-unix <none> > ii xchpst 0.8.5-1 > ii zsh 5.9.2-1 > > -- no debconf information
