Re: FHS compatibility for daemontools/runit

[George Georgalis <george@galis.org>]

On Mon 19 May 2008 at 09:54:26 AM +0000, Wayne Marshall wrote:
>It is trivial to obtain FHS compatibility with daemontools/runit.
>
>1) Install service definitions on /var, e.g.:
>
>  /var/service.d/
>
>2) Setup the service activation directory in /etc, e.g.:
>
>  /etc/service/
>
>3) Configure startup of svscan/runsvdir to monitor the service
>activation directory, /etc/service.
>
>4) To activate a service, symlink its service definition
>directory into the service activation directory:
>
>  # cd /etc/service
>  # ln -s /var/service.d/qmail-start
>
>That's all there is to it.  All run-time files are created and
>maintained on /var, the root partition may be mounted read-only
>(after making service activation symlinks), it is both possible
>and sensible to keep multilogs within each respective service
>definition directory, and no other symlink gymnastics are
>required.
>
>For pure djb compatibility, symlink /service --> /etc/service.
>

What about run scripts in var? And there is this:

  Applications must generally not add directories to the
  top level of /var. Such directories should only be
  added if they have some system-wide implication, and
  in consultation with the FHS mailing list.

...from fhs-2.3.

// George


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George Georgalis, information system scientist <IXOYE><