Re: runit on debian sid success, and questions

[Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 12:08:29PM -0800, Larry Doolittle wrote:
> I have my debian sid amd64 system converted to runit-1.05.
Good ;-).

> I'm not done setting everything up, but at the moment my
> system is running about as well as it did before the change.
> 
> $ ls /var/service
> boa  getty-5  getty-6  klogd  ntpclient  qmail  socklog  sshd  xfs
> $
> 
> The only (non-kernel) daemons left running _not_ under runsvdir
> are udevd, portmap, and gconfd-2.  Vixie cron and I aren't getting
> along very well at the moment, it's not running at all.  :-p

See here for examples for portmap and Debian's cron:
 http://smarden.org/runit/runscripts.html#portmap
 http://smarden.org/runit/runscripts.html#cron

> Here are my questions (so far) about runit and friends:
> 
> In the debian kit, most static files are in /etc/runit,
> while dynamic files are in /var.  A forest of symlinks
> connects the two "databases".  One exception to that rule
> is the log configuration file, in /var/log/foo/config.
> Is this purposeful and/or unavoidable?

Since the filename always is ``config'' it must be associated with the
log directory, but you can of course make it a symlink if you like.

> The process of setting up service directories is tedious.
> It's a little late for me, but I can imagine automating some
> of the creation and maintenance process.  Maybe even (gasp)
> a GUI.  Are you aware of any efforts in this direction?

No, but if anyone goes for it, I would be interested.

Regards, Gerrit.