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Re: [Announce] dmd -0.5
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
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Re: [Announce] dmd -0.5 |
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Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:11:09 +0200 |
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 00:20:25 +0200
From: Robert Millan <address@hidden>
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On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 06:05:14PM +0200, Wolfgang Jaehrling wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:56:14PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> > are you planning...
> > - to make it gnu software?
>
> As soon as I am confident that dmd will end up being a very good piece
> of software, I want to make it GNU software.
I see.. wish it becomes so!
> > - to get it packaged for debian?
>
> Sure, but I want it to be really well integrated, and doing that will
> take me some time.
uhm yes, i noticed it somewhat interfers with the current sysvinit package
> > i'm looking for a working init for GNU/FreeBSD [1]. do you think dmd
> > might fit well?
>
> No, since dmd is no `init'. Without a seperate init you won't get
> very far. :-)
oh. then we still need to port debian's sysvinit. btw help from anyone
reading this is quite welcome :)
No, you have missunderstood what dmd is. It is not /sbin/init, it is
an repleacement for it (think of it as GNU's not Unix, yet they are
quite similar in several regards). From the annoucment mail for
dmd--0.7:
(define about-the-software
"The dmd program is a service manager, i.e. on the GNU system (which
is the primary target), it replaces /sbin/init completely, on systems
which are similar to Unix (e.g. GNU/Linux) it replaces the part of
/sbin/init that is responsible for switching runlevels (/etc/rc?.d and
/etc/init.d come to mind), respawning services (/etc/inittab comes to
mind) and similar things.")