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On 06/29/11 03:07, Olivier Crête wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 17:10 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: |
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>> The background is that /etc/init.d/functions.sh is a link to |
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>> /lib/rc/functions.sh, which is part of openrc. |
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>> |
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>> Other init systems, like systemd, are coming along which completely |
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>> replace sysvinit and do not use openrc's init scripts at all. However, |
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>> since things other than init scripts are using /etc/init.d/functions.sh, |
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>> all gentoo users are forced to have openrc on their systems whether they |
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>> use its init scripts or not. |
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>> |
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>> As you can see in the bug, I am working on creating a |
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>> minimalist version of openrc that can be installed to allow users to |
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>> have access to the functions that are in functions.sh regardless of |
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>> whether or not they are using openrc's init system. |
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>> |
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>> I'm not convinced that this is the best approach, so any input would be |
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>> greatly appreciated. |
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> |
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> As long as we have Gentoo-style init scripts in the tree, we will need |
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> these functions to be available. So yes, they should probably be in a |
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> separate package from openrc itself to ease the transition to the bright |
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> systemd future. |
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> |
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We tolerate the systemd madness as long as it doesn't interfere with |
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other things. |
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But as OpenRC has some rare features ("being able to start and stop |
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stuff" and "being reasonably fast" among them) and there's no |
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replacement at the moment I see no reason to add a convoluted mess of |
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insanity just to feel good. |
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