Package: daemontools-run Severity: minor
Could you please add some basic introductory explanations to the man pages (or e'en readme) for update-service and friends (svscan, svc, svscanboot)? What for example is a "system-wide service supervision" as per the top para of the man page for update-service, and why should I want one? What good does it do? In fact, WHAT does it do? (out of a vast experience in unix spanning at least 30 years, I would guess that this is a service that keeps other daemons running when they are supposed to be running, and stops them running when they are supposed not to be running - I used to name such scripts "fixdaemons" and run them every five minutes; but that's just my guess). And why doesn't it install itself by taking all existing services under its wing (including itself)? And what could be a "service directory"? All in all, this has many signs of not yet having been explained to your mother. Please at least describe what it is :) .. then we may be able to decide if it does what you want it to, and make suggestions as to how it best could go about it. Peter -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.2 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages daemontools-run depends on: ii daemontools 1:0.76-3 a collection of tools for managing daemontools-run recommends no packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
