Re: gpg-agent runit run script

[Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com>]

João Pedro Malhado <phlogiston@sapo.pt> writes:

> The Void linux manual shows gpg-agent running as an example, but 
> they
> don't show
> the run script, so I don't know how they set it up.
> https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/services/user-services.html

Duncaen's run script for gpg-agent is here:

https://github.com/Duncaen/dotfiles/blob/master/sv/gpg-agent/run

It's actually an execline script that makes use of 
s6-ipcserver-socketbinder. Also note that the script calls 
gpg-agent with `--supervise`.

> This is a pity as gpg-agent is a long running process which is 
> the
> sort of thing
> you would want to run under supervision.

Well, the typical reason we want to run something under 
supervision is to ensure it's up, because (a) there are processes 
relying on it being up, and (b) those processes aren't themselves 
able to start the relevant process. But this isn't the case with 
gpg-agent: the main programs that utilise it know how to start it 
themselves if necessary, so it doesn't matter if a gpg-agent 
process exits abnormally, as a new one will get created when 
required.


Alexis.