systemd vice SysV/LSB init systems - what next ?

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le mardi 19 juillet 2011 à 11:37 -0800, Jeff Spaleta a écrit :
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Stijn Hoop <stijn at sandcat.nl> wrote:
> > In other words, why should the package tomcat6 not provide a
> > better /usr/bin/tomcat6 "binary" (or shell script, or whatever) that
> > can work out on its own whether to multi-instantiate?
> 
> 
> In this case the executable in question is in fact a bash script that
> appears to be a distro-specific enhancement...but an upstream
> deliverable.

Yes tomcat has several layers of stuff that grew over time and try to
integrate the java code in the system as a normal service (heretical
wish) 

> So it definitely appears as if the distro maintainer for this package
> have the leeway to move the functions into the "wrapper" executable
> script instead of letting them linger in the init "config"

All this code is here just to instanciate the service and do the related
housekeeping. It does not belong in a separate script any more or less
than the rest of the sysv stuff. That example just shows the sysv setup
was flexible enough to handle complex multi-instanciated setups and
systemd so far isn't

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Nicolas Mailhot