On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:38:31PM -0600, Matthew R. Dempsky wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 09:23:28AM -0600, Kevin wrote:
> > Runit-run replaces the getty links in /var/service with new ones 
> > in /etc/sv.  If you're running the upgrade from a getty, the getty will 
> > die when its service dir link is removed to be replaced, leaving 
> > non-functional services.
> 
> Hm, when I upgraded about 30 minutes ago, I saw some weirdness in the 
> logs, but my fgetty's didn't die.  (I too was upgrading via the 
> terminal.)

It probably depends on the speed of the machine.  runsvdir polls at
least every 5 seconds so any race condition would be more apparent on a
slow machine.