[PATCH] port some tools from http://smarden.org/runit/ to bbox

ldoolitt at recycle.lbl.gov ldoolitt at recycle.lbl.gov
Sat Aug 19 05:27:45 UTC 2006


Rob -

On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 11:53:20PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote:
> A nonstandard duplicate init scheme I'd never even heard of before
> the recent thread.
> It's really hard to get enthused about this.  Who uses it, and for what?

I use it for my hardened workstation/server.
It seems like a good match for embedded use, but I haven't
personally done that.  My (biased) analysis of Unix
init/daemon management (including runit) is at
 http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/foundations.html

    - Larry



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