Re: Why /command ?

From: Kevin Berry <deathsyn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 00:54:18 +0000

Steve,

Have you checked for the source package to runit-run? You may find trouble
getting the Devuan devs to accept a slackpackage install, since it doesn't
meet the FHS. runit-run is a package that used to exist in Debian (and
Ubuntu imported it until 12.04, I believe), that Gerrit made to fit in the
FHS. Some other De(bi|vu)an -run packages still exist that work in a
similar manner.

On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Steve Litt <slitt_at_troubleshooters.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm writing a document on how to install runit on Devuan, with the hope
> that some day it will lead to a Devuan package that makes sense and to
> the best degree possible implements the goals of the software's author.
>
> Most of it's pretty straightforward, but the runit install scripts
> (package/upgrade to be specific) create /command right off the root,
> and the runit docs suggest I create /package right off the root. These
> are things that most distros would refuse to do.
>
> So I was wondering what the original intent was in having these two
> directories directly off the root? Is it so the init and supervision
> can proceed even before partition mounts are complete? Is there some
> other reason? Can anyone recommend setups that fulfill the reasons for
> the direct-off-root dirs without having direct-off-root dirs?
>
> By the way, if the runit docs go well, I'll do the same thing with s6.
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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>



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Kevin Berry
Received on Sun Jul 02 2017 - 00:54:18 UTC

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