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From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>
To: thegeezer@×××××××××.net
Cc: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Debian just voted in systemd for default init system in jessie
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:53:36
Message-Id: 20140320205316.6d1e8578@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Debian just voted in systemd for default init system in jessie by thegeezer
1 On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:33:43 +0000
2 thegeezer <thegeezer@×××××××××.net> wrote:
3
4 > Personally i'm most likely to stay with openRC, because the switch is
5 > non-trivial and have no faith in the xinetd-style socket arbitrator.
6
7 It should be trivial, it is here.
8
9 > but would eselect be able to script the following:
10 > .. new kernel coptions
11
12 Most of which you have already; beyond that, it's some minor
13 functionality that doesn't stop the switch itself from working afaik.
14
15 Only needs to be done once, not every time.
16
17 > .. new grub2 command line
18
19 A new entry with init=/usr/lib/systemd/system suffices and doesn't need
20 to be switchable; unless you want one entry and switch at runtime,
21 alternatively it is possible to emerge sys-apps/systemd-sysv-utils, or
22 simply change the symlink of /sbin/init and similar files yourself.
23
24 > .. install dbus (use=-systemd) _then_ systemd
25
26 Only needs to be done once, not every time.
27
28 > .. would be nice to use an import for localed and hostnamed and
29 > timedated .. importing openrc services and runlevels to targets
30
31 Would be nice to have.
32
33 Only needs to be done once, not every time.
34
35 > .. pamd logind entires
36
37 Only needs to be done once, not every time.
38
39 > .. syslogd changes to accomodate systemd
40
41 Is this necessary? I don't remember doing this.
42
43 > .. setting systemd to log to syslog to make transitions smoother (as
44 > logs are lost on reboot by default)
45
46 If this were to be done, this could be done in the systemd package.
47
48 Out of all what is mentioned; you either need two GRUB entries or a
49 single symlink that eselect controls, other than that there's nothing
50 here to be made as part of eselect. Some of these things already are
51 made the way they are by default, other things can happen as part of
52 emerging a package; the other first install things are documented.
53
54 --
55 With kind regards,
56
57 Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
58 Gentoo Developer
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