Hi, On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 17:10 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > The background is that /etc/init.d/functions.sh is a link to > /lib/rc/functions.sh, which is part of openrc. > > Other init systems, like systemd, are coming along which completely > replace sysvinit and do not use openrc's init scripts at all. However, > since things other than init scripts are using /etc/init.d/functions.sh, > all gentoo users are forced to have openrc on their systems whether they > use its init scripts or not. > > As you can see in the bug, I am working on creating a > minimalist version of openrc that can be installed to allow users to > have access to the functions that are in functions.sh regardless of > whether or not they are using openrc's init system. > > I'm not convinced that this is the best approach, so any input would be > greatly appreciated.
As long as we have Gentoo-style init scripts in the tree, we will need these functions to be available. So yes, they should probably be in a separate package from openrc itself to ease the transition to the bright systemd future. -- Olivier Crête [email protected] Gentoo Developer
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