Re: [gentoo-alt] OpenRC on Prefix for service daemons

[Alan Hourihane]

Wonderful !

Benda, I have some patches floating around for an older version of
OpenRC to support FreeMiNT.

Alan.

On 05/12/12 13:18, Benda Xu wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Have you ever wanted to start a daemon from prefix in a gentoo way but
> noticed portage saying
> ,----
> | * removed /etc/init.d and /etc/conf.d directories until bug #196294
> has been resolved
> `----
> to you? It has been disappointing for to me to manually start daemons
> repeatedly.
>
> A solution introducing OpenRC[1] is around the corner waiting for your
> trial and review:
>
>      https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC/Prefix
>
> As you can see from the contents,
>
>    1 USING heroxbd's openrc-prefix overlay
>        1.1 install baselayout-prefix and portage from the overlay
>    2 GETTING openrc-9999 emerged on prefix
>        2.1 glibc and sysvinit
>        2.2 OpenRC config
>    3 EXAMPLE: tinc
>        3.1 prefixify init script
>        3.2 fire up tincd from OpenRC
>    4 EXAMPLE: nginx
>        4.1 prefixify init script
>        4.2 prefixify nginx.conf
>        4.3 normal privilege
>        4.4 add nginx to default runlevel and fire up
>    5 Further Reading
>
> following the tutorial will give you a working tinc and/or nginx managed
> by OpenRC, and of course a common base to start any daemon from Prefix
> in the unified Gentoo way with power of OpenRC.
>
> Enjoy ;) Don't forget to email or bug me for feedback.
>
> Cheers!
> Benda
>
> 1. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/openrc/