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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2022-03-14 12:46:58 -0400
committerB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2022-03-17 12:38:11 -0400
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system/runit: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
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@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
runit (a UNIX init scheme with service supervision)
-A cross-platform Unix init scheme with service supervision, a replacement for
-sysvinit, and other init schemes.
+A cross-platform Unix init scheme with service supervision, a
+replacement for sysvinit, and other init schemes.
-runit can replace init or its service supervision can be used with traditional
-init. runit is compatible with djb's daemontools.
+runit can replace init or its service supervision can be used with
+traditional init. runit is compatible with djb's daemontools.
-By default, this slackbuild sets-up a basic configuration to replace init with
-runit. To disable this, pass CONFIG=no to the script.
+By default, this slackbuild sets-up a basic configuration to replace
+init with runit. To disable this, pass CONFIG=no to the script.
To use runit with init, just call it
/sbin/runsvdir-start &
-To replace init with runit, reboot and enter init=/sbin/runit-init in the Lilo
-prompt.
+To replace init with runit, reboot and enter init=/sbin/runit-init in
+the Lilo prompt.
-Alternatively, if you do not have a multi boot system, you may append this line
-in /etc/lilo.conf
+Alternatively, if you do not have a multi boot system, you may append
+this line in /etc/lilo.conf
E.g:
append="vt.default_utf8=0 init=/sbin/runit-init"
@@ -27,27 +27,27 @@ Then run lilo:
Or just replace /sbin/init with /sbin/runit-init
# mv /sbin/init /sbin/init.sysv
# cp /sbin/runit-init /sbin/init
-Be warned that if you had booted with the original init, the system may refuse
-to reboot, therefore boot from runit-init first.
+Be warned that if you had booted with the original init, the system may
+refuse to reboot, therefore boot from runit-init first.
-To migrate a service to runit, switch it off and disable it as usual, place
-an initialisation script called run under a suitably named directory under
-/etc/sv/ and symlink it to /service.
+To migrate a service to runit, switch it off and disable it as usual,
+place an initialisation script called run under a suitably named
+directory under /etc/sv/ and symlink it to /service.
E.g.:
# /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager stop
# chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager
# mkdir /etc/sv/networkmanager/
-Write a script to start the service in /etc/sv/networkmanager/run such as
- #!/bin/sh
- exec NetworkManager -n > /dev/null 2>&1
+Write a script to start the service in /etc/sv/networkmanager/run
+such as:
+ #!/bin/sh exec NetworkManager -n > /dev/null 2>&1
Give it executable permission:
# chmod +x /etc/sv/networkmanager/run
-Link it to /service and NetworkManager will start in a few seconds and enabled
-under current runlevel
+Link it to /service and NetworkManager will start in a few seconds and
+enabled under current runlevel
# ln -s /etc/sv/networkmanager /service
Hint:
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ To Reboot:
To Halt:
# runit-init 0
-A /usr/sbin/shutdown shell script has been included with the configuration
-files if you enabled them.
+A /usr/sbin/shutdown shell script has been included with the
+configuration files if you enabled them.