On 2023-07-29 08:13:22, tito via Dng wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 14:30:36 +1000
> onefang <onefang_devuan@???> wrote:
>
> > On 2023-07-29 08:18:54, Alif Radhitya Wardana wrote:
> > > Based on this changelog, what will happen in the future to SysV? I mean,
> > > if systemd forces people to create native systemd units, will people drop
> > > sysv scripts on their apps?
> > >
> > > On July 29, 2023 3:20:17 AM GMT+07:00, tito via Dng <dng@???>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > A new, official systemd release (254) has just been tagged:
> > >
> > > * Support for System V service scripts is now deprecated and will be
> > > removed in a future release. Please make sure to update your software
> > > *now* to include a native systemd unit file instead of a legacy
> > > System V script to retain compatibility with future systemd releases.
> > >
> > > A wonderful excuse to remove the last init scripts from packages.
> >
> > Do I have to resurrect my ancient LSB compliant SysV init code that could
> > figure out dependencies, run things in parallel, and even work with init
> > "scripts" written in ANY language? It was written as a busybox module,
> > and could even cope with multiple other init "scripts" as modules in the
> > same busybox binary. LSB compliance means it reads the headers, which in
> > typical init scripts are shell comments in the first few lines of the
> > script.
> >
> > I could teach it how to grok shitsemDie units.
> >
>
> Hi,
> yes using the info contained in .service units would be
> a elegant solution, but they ship a lot of them (and timers,
> targets, etc) so I suspect that picking the right ones
> is not simple without hardcoding the names (not so elegant),
> also the command lines used are different as the ones
> in SysV init scripts (daemonizing, logging).
If I ever go ahead with this, I'll figure it out. I'm great at that.
B-)
> I would like to see your busybox module as I love busybox
> code. I recall that something like what you propose maybe
> was attempted (as a GSOC?).
Since you asked, I moved it from SourceForge to my own server (like I had
before with my github projects), and converted it to git from cvs.
https://sledjhamr.org/cgit/urunlevel/
Haven't touched it in 18 years. lol
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Re: [DNG] New goodies from systemd
