Re: Debian/Ubuntu apt package instead of tar.gz?

[Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com>]

Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> writes:

> On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 05:14:15PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote:
>> I have some questions about the Debian/Ubuntu runit package.
>> 
>> Does anyone know how much of a time lag there usually is between the
>> release of a new runit-x.y.z.tar.gz on the runit web site and the
>> updates of the Debian and Ubuntu apt packages for the same software?
>
> I don't know about ubuntu, but the Debian package I maintain myself.
> Normally it's available in Debian/sid nearly at the same time as the
> tarball, as long as we're not preparing a new release, and the current
> Debian/testing isn't frozen.
>
> [ ... ]

Thank you for answering all my questions.  This is exactly the
information I was looking for.


>> And finally, one more question: I know that the runit apt package
>> doesn't replace init, but I can't tell whether it installs itself into
>> inittab as described on the "runit - use with traditional init" web
>> page.  Does it do so?
>
> Yes it does, and for replacing sysvinit, there's the runit-run package,
> try
>  $ apt-cache show runit-run

Yep, I know about runit-run, but "apt-cache show runit" doesn't state
whether or not runit installs itself into inittab.  Could that perhaps
be briefly mentioned in a future release of those docs?


Actually, this brings up a related question.  Assuming for the moment
that Ubuntu functions the same as Debian, how many of the seven steps
described in the "Replacing sysvinit (GNU/Linux)" section of the "runit
- replacing init" page of the official docs will be automatically
performed on a well-configured Debian/Ubuntu during an "apt-get install
runit-run"?

In other words, after installing runit-run in this manner, will I still
have to manually convert some /etc/init.d scripts to be runit-based
before I reboot?

Thanks again.


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