Re: runit directory organization

[Dean Hall <deanpence@gmail.com>]

On Apr 4, 2005 7:48 PM, Gregg Howe <gregg@astronumerics.com> wrote:
>  
> However, I am undecided as to how to organize the service file directories
> and I am wondering what works for others.  And whether anyone cares about
> whether or how the runit file organization should fit into the Linux FHS. 

As someone has noted already, runit and other djb-ish software usually
deliberately breaks FHS compatibility. I run gentoo myself and,
without editing every ebuild I install, I'm pretty much stuck with a
mostly FHS-compatible OS. Luckily, djb-ish stuff lets you do whatever
you want.

> Ordinarily, I would have service start and finish scripts in /etc, yet the
> service hierarchy also contains pipes, flags, pid files, etc which seem more
> appropriate in /var.  Or is this the kind of information that is destined
> for /svc (I am not really sure what /svc is for)?

Here's the way I do it, though I'm sure many might dislike it:

- envdirs in /etc/envdir.d
- misc. configuration in /etc/config.d
- services in /var/service/{all,default,current}

I don't use /etc/runit at all.

Don't worry too much about what directories in which to put stuff.
It's really up to you.


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