From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general/1004 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gilles Newsgroups: gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general Subject: Re: /etc/runit vs /etc/sv vs /usr/share (Debian) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 18:52:12 +0100 Message-ID: <20060201175212.GA15734@dusk.harfang.homelinux.org> References: <20060201135409.GA10941@dusk.harfang.homelinux.org> <20060201142806.25684.qmail@4ca2ca9055810d.315fe32.mid.smarden.org> <20060201145445.GA12654@dusk.harfang.homelinux.org> <20060201153304.32674.qmail@55005bbe423341.315fe32.mid.smarden.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138816808 32362 80.91.229.2 (1 Feb 2006 18:00:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 18:00:08 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: supervision-return-1240-gcsg-supervision=m.gmane.org@list.skarnet.org Wed Feb 01 19:00:05 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcsg-supervision@gmane.org Original-Received: from antah.skarnet.org ([212.85.147.14]) by ciao.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F4MGW-00070j-RX for gcsg-supervision@gmane.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:59:37 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 8502 invoked by uid 76); 1 Feb 2006 17:59:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact supervision-help@list.skarnet.org; run by ezmlm List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: Original-Received: (qmail 8496 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2006 17:59:57 -0000 Original-To: supervision@list.skarnet.org Mail-Followup-To: supervision@list.skarnet.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060201153304.32674.qmail@55005bbe423341.315fe32.mid.smarden.org> X-Operating-System: Tiny Tux X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: 53B9 972E C2E6 B93C BEAD 7092 09E6 AF46 51D0 5641 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.107.30 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: gilles@harfang.homelinux.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on dawn.harfang.homelinux.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 (built Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:44:12 +0100) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on localhost) Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general:1004 Archived-At: > > While I can provide a socklog-run package, I don't have control over > the 'other' packages. And I'm afraid it's not that easy to convince > maintainers of 'other' packages to provide such a *-run package, at > least not short-term. Why does the maintainer of a new "-run" package have to be the same person of package ""? > > > > After all it's just personal preference. I prefer to have the service's > > > configuration (including run scripts) and logs all accessible through a > > > single directory, now /etc/sv//. > > > > Definitely fine for "run" and "log/run", but do you really recommend having > > the log files in there too? Those files can grow and eat a large amount > > of the root partition's space! I thought a better place would be > > No, I recommend to have them _accessible_ through the service directory, Why? > think of symlinks. > You mean that the log "directories" in "/etc/sv" should be symlinks to directories on another partition? > > [...] For those unwanted services, > > having a directory under "/etc/sv" might be construed as a little > > bit "messy" (or at best, misleading). > > Maybe. I personally don't care that much, and don't link them into > /var/service/. > Well, if you don't care, and if in the ideal future, the "runit-services" should disappear, I think that it's 2 more reasons for putting these in "/usr/share". [I just feel that unused things in "/etc" in untidy ;-)] Maybe a wish-list item? Best, Gilles