Dagobert Michelsen wrote: > Hi Maciej, > > Am 12.03.2012 um 19:01 schrieb Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński: > > I'm working on packaging a daemon for which there is no startup script > > available upstream. Which way should I go: > > > > - write my own from scratch > > - steal and port a script from another distribution > > - use some kind of a gold standard template if we have one around > > - write my own SMF manifest in XML > > > > Any recommendations? > > Contrary to Ben and Peter I would go with a custom manifest only if possible. > I suggest using "manifold" which generates xml manifests on-the-fly. As we are > more and more approaching Solaris 10 only / 11 it may be useful to integrate > automatic SMF generation without having a boilerplate RC script.
I tried out manifold, it did produce something that was later validated by svccfg. It looks easy enough to get started. SMF does abstract out a couple of typically annoying things, such as tracking pids or process groups. I'll give it a go. _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.
