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Re: [Announce] dmd -0.5
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Robert Millan |
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Re: [Announce] dmd -0.5 |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Jun 2003 15:41:29 +0200 |
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:11:09PM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>
> 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.")
oh, i understand now.
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Robert Millan