Re: /service vs /var/service vs /etc/service

[Robin Bowes <robin-lists@robinbowes.com>]

Gerrit Pape wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 02:35:43PM +0100, Robin Bowes wrote:
>> Gerrit Pape wrote:
>>> The Debian runit package now switched to /etc/service, and I'm about to
>>> change runit to use /service by default, just as daemontools does.
>>> daemontools in Debian, just like runit in Debian, uses /etc/service, and
>>> recommends to create a compatibility symlink /service -> /etc/service.
>> Out of interest, where do you/Debian/others put the actual service  
>> directories, i.e. containing the run file and log dir? I currently use  
>> /etc/sv/servicename and symlink to /var/service/
> 
> Me/Debian: /etc/sv/<service-name>, and the ./supervise symlinks point to
> /var/lib/supervise/<service-name>[.log].  /var/run/ turned out to not be
> appropriate, since it might be cleaned up on reboot, losing permission
> changes possibly made to the directory and files in it.

Thanks - that fits in with my gut feeling too (that /var/lib should be 
used rather than /var/run).

Where can I get the update-service script from? Would it be worth 
distributing that with runit?

R.