On Thursday 13 July 2006 03:44, Gerrit Pape wrote:
> > We cannot make sv block like svwaitup did.  Either we're
> > misunderstanding how to use it, or something.
> >
> > An example service script is included below:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > svwaitup ~/service/sfsagent
> > exec chpst -e env runthis.sh
>
> svwaitup did wait two seconds by default after the sfsagent service
> daemon has been started, this seems to be what you relied on.  Indeed,
> sv doesn't do that by default, but it supports the ./check script
> instead.

svwaitup waited until the service had been running for at least 2 seconds 
before exiting, no?


> If you want 'sv start ~/service/sfsagent' or 'sv check
> ~/service/sfsagent' to wait for two seconds before returning, simply do
> 'sleep 2' in ~/service/sfsagent/check.

That would be a useless check.  What we want is for the sfsagent service 
to be running, not just wait 2 seconds before starting.

> Better yet, find out how to check for what the sfsagent service daemon
> needs to provide before runthis.sh can be started, and check for that
> in ~/service/sfsagent/check.

So, it sounds like you're saying that the functionality of checking for a 
service to be running, and waiting until that service is running before 
continuing no longer exists in runit as it is presently built.  Is this 
correct?