Hello.

I've successfully installed the "runit" and "runit-run"
packages in the vserver environment.

[I've attached the step-by-step procedure I've followed,
aiming at a "fairly" minimal vserver; nothing fancy, just
to help me remember :-)]

Host config:
 (vanilla) kernel: version 2.6.11.7
 vserver patch:
   http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Experimental/patch-2.6.11.7-vs2.0-pre3.diff
 "util-vserver" deb package: version 0.30.207-5

I should nevertheless point out the following minor
problems:

1. The executable bit (+x) is not set for stages "1", "2"
   and "3", resulting in a failure to start. Fixed by
   # chmod a+x /etc/runit/[123]
2. Hardware-related one-time system tasks (in stage "1")
   should be disabled in a vserver, hence commenting out
   the line "/etc/init.d/rcS"
3. The "getty" services shouldn't be enabled (doesn't harm
   but useless, I think), hence:
   # rm /var/service/getty*
4. Hardware-related shutdown tasks (in stage "3") should be
   disabled, hence commenting out "/etc/init.d/rc $LAST"


So finally restarting the vserver:
[Inside the vserver]

# ps ax
  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
    1 ?        S      0:00 runit
20083 ?        Ss     0:00 runsvdir -P /var/service log: .......
20085 ?        Ss     0:00 runsv sshd
20086 ?        S      0:00 svlogd /var/log/service/sshd
20096 ?        S      0:00 sshd -D -e
20108 ?        Ss     0:00 sshd: root@pts/11
20112 pts/11   Ss     0:00 -bash
31623 pts/11   R+     0:00 ps ax


Best regards,
Gilles