Re: Can /package be a symlink?

[Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com>]

prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> wrote:
>> Well, does any part of runit use anything underneath /package before
>> disks are mounted?
>
> runit itself is in /package.  [ ... ]

Upon further investigation, I see that on my system, runit is guaranteed
to get invoked after all disks have been mounted.  That's because I
start it via /etc/rc.local, which is the documented recommendation for
FreeBSD.  My /etc/rc causes mounts to be done before /etc/rc.local gets
run.

I guess that means that it's safe for me to make /package be a symlink
to a directory on a different filesystem.


> [ ... ] If the programs don't care if they're moved, you could copy
> the ones needed for booting into /sbin.  Or use
> <URL:http://multivac.cwru.edu./fs/#tricks>.

Hmm ... I still need to peruse the info about this "fs" trick in more
detail, but after my quick scan of it, I get the gist of it.

If I ever switch to an inittab-like startup and want to use runit for
the majority of my daemons, I see how this trick would be very useful.


>> It's my understanding that /package is for building software only,
>
> The build directory is defined to also be the install directory.  It's
> built in /package, and it stays in /package.

OK, I see.

Thanks for this info, and especially for the details about this "fs"
trick.


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