Hi!
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 10:45:34AM +0100, Andrea Carpani wrote:
> I'm looking around for alternatives to runscript style init scripts as I
> don't like very much default gentoo scripts. While I do like the
> depencencies stuff I still don't get why a "status" on a script gives
> "started" if the process died badly, or why I need to manually do a zap
> (can't restart do it for me?).
>
> I think status should be implemented in each init script and should give
> the real status of the service be it a ps|grep or whatever.
>
> One more thing I'd like to see is a init controlled check on the death
> of some daemons (sort of what daemontools does).
>
> This is why I'm asking: has anyone here seriously tested/used initng new
> scripts?
If you're looking for _reliable_ alternative for runscript style init scripts,
then you should look into 'runit' package. Runit is improved version of DJB's
'daemontools' package. I use it many years without any problems.
Check websites of daemontools and runit for all gore details why it's only
_reliable_ way to control services.
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WBR, Alex.
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