Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

On Mon, 21 May 2018 at 14:01:42 +0200 Adam Borowski wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 05:53:56PM +1000, wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Originally, I really had no idea what I was referring to specifically. >> After some more poking around, I think you’re right. I said

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

On Mon, 21 May 2018 14:01:42 +0200 Adam Borowski wrote: > ... none of the contenders is adequate for every single > use case, thus you need to allow the sysadmin to replace pieces with > something that he/she wants. Quoted for truth in perpetuity. Well said! > Don't

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC, including respawn

On Mon, 21 May 2018 19:05:37 +1000 wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: > > On 14 May 2018, at 18:51, Steve Litt > > wrote: > > > > One property of OpenRC is it has no facility to respawn a daemon > > when the old daemon crashes. Some folks like it this way, some > > don't,

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 05:53:56PM +1000, wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: > >> On Tue, 15 May 2018 23:39:24 +1000 > >> Tom wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks as always for your insightful information Steve. Much > >>> appreciated. As someone who knows very little about init systems, > >>>

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC, including respawn

> On 14 May 2018, at 18:51, Steve Litt wrote: > > One property of OpenRC is it has no facility to respawn a daemon when > the old daemon crashes. Some folks like it this way, some don't, but > it's a fact of OpenRC. Except... > > There are two ways to have OpenRC

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

> On 19 May 2018, at 12:36, Alessandro Selli <alessandrose...@linux.com> wrote: > > Sorry for breaking the thread, but I no longer have the original post to > reply to. > > Author: Steve Litt > Date: 2018-05-15 16:55 +200 > To: dng > Subject: Re: [DNG] Switchi

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

Sorry for breaking the thread, but I no longer have the original post to reply to. Author: Steve Litt Date: 2018-05-15 16:55 +200 To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC > On Tue, 15 May 2018 23:39:24 +1000 > Tom <wirelessduck@???> wrote: > >> Thanks as alway

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

Le 15/05/2018 à 18:53, Martin Steigerwald a écrit : Didier Kryn - 15.05.18, 14:26: Le 15/05/2018 à 13:23, Martin Steigerwald a écrit : wirelessd...@gmail.com - 14.05.18, 02:52: I’ve read that the ascii RC has optional support for OpenRC.How can I switch to this on an existing system to try it

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

Hector Gonzalez - 15.05.18, 15:55: > On 05/15/2018 06:23 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > This basically did it for me. But this warning has been unhelpful > > for me: > > > > %:/var/lib/dpkg/info# grep -A 2 "sysv" *openrc* > > openrc.postinst:echo "*** WARNING: if you are replacing > >

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

On Tue, 15 May 2018 23:39:24 +1000 Tom wrote: > > On 14 May 2018, at 18:51, Steve Litt > > wrote: > > > > Way 2 is to have OpenRC run either runit or s6 from /etc/inittab > > with "respawn", and then to put all respawnable daemons in runit or

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

Le 15/05/2018 à 13:23, Martin Steigerwald a écrit : wirelessd...@gmail.com - 14.05.18, 02:52: I’ve read that the ascii RC has optional support for OpenRC. How can I switch to this on an existing system to try it out? Is it simply a matter of running “apt-get install openrc”? This basically

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

On 05/15/2018 06:23 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: This basically did it for me. But this warning has been unhelpful for me: %:/var/lib/dpkg/info# grep -A 2 "sysv" *openrc* openrc.postinst:echo "*** WARNING: if you are replacing sysv-rc by OpenRC, then you must ***" openrc.postinst-

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

wirelessd...@gmail.com - 14.05.18, 02:52: > I’ve read that the ascii RC has optional support for OpenRC. How can I > switch to this on an existing system to try it out? > > Is it simply a matter of running “apt-get install openrc”? This basically did it for me. But this warning has been

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC, including respawn

One property of OpenRC is it has no facility to respawn a daemon when the old daemon crashes. Some folks like it this way, some don't, but it's a fact of OpenRC. Except... There are two ways to have OpenRC respawn. Way 1 is to run the daemon from /etc/inittab, with the "respawn" flag. Remember,

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

Afaik openrc is compatible with the init scripts used by all packages. Installing it and rebooting should be enough to start using openrc. It worked OK for me when I tested it. This is probably possible on Jessie as well but I haven't tested that. ​Cheers, chillfan ‐‐‐ Original Message

[DNG] Switching to OpenRC

I’ve read that the ascii RC has optional support for OpenRC. How can I switch to this on an existing system to try it out? Is it simply a matter of running “apt-get install openrc”? If I switch, will I have to create new service definition files for each existing daemon in /etc/init.d or can