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Author: Steve Litt
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Apparently Jessie has runit
People aren't completely alone on run scripts: I can give them any run
scripts I'm using. Also, Runit run scripts are *nothing* like sysvinit
or OpenRC init scripts: Most are five lines or less, few are over 10
lines.

SteveT

On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:31:45 -0000
"dev1fanboy" <devuanfanboy@???> wrote:

> Yes devuan has it, I was thinking about trying it but I think people
> are on their own for init scripts with runit.
>
> On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 2:31 PM, Steve Litt
> <slitt@???> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Apparently Debian Jessie (and therefore I'd assume Devuan Jessie)
> > has the Runit init system as an option:
> >
> > https://packages.debian.org/es/jessie/runit
> >
> > Obviously, Devuan Jessie should default to sysvinit: There's enough
> > other work to do.
> >
> > That being said, anyone who wants to get familiar with a more
> > powerful (than sysvinit and systemd) init system might want to
> > experiment with runit in an experimental VM. I use runit on a daily
> > basis, and the longer I use it the more sense it makes.
> >
> > And with Runit, creating your own daemon is nothing more than
> > writing a program that keeps looping. No backgrounding necessary
> > (or desired).
> >
> > Have fun experimenting.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
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