Re: service definition vs service activation

[Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin@pobox.com>]

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On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 08:35:22PM +0200, Alex Efros wrote:
> 1)  Service definition directory can use symlinks to suit FHS:
> 	/etc/sv/SERVICE/supervise     -> /var/run/sv/SERVICE/
> 	/etc/sv/SERVICE/log/supervise -> /var/run/sv/SERVICE/log/
>     and ./log/run can start svlogd with /var/log/SERVICE/ as param.
>     
>     That way /etc/ will contain only static configuration files, while
>     logs and ./supervise/ dir will be on /var/.
>     Service activation directory is /var/service/ or /var/sv/.
> 
>     I've tried this way, and found myself always forget to create
>     ./supervise symlinks BEFORE I start new service and runsv will create
>     ./supervise directories instead. This can be easy solved by using
>     script to create service directories, of course.
> 
>     Ugly, but suit FHS.

I think that's too ugly for mere pedantic FHS compliance.

I'd prefer a small amount of read-only data on /var (run, finish, etc)
rather than confront symlink hell.  With symlinks, it is too comfusing
if the run script uses relative paths (eg. envdir ./config and the
like).

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