Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 13:06:06 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: pechter@shell.monmouth.com (Bill/Carolyn Pechter) Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SysV init Message-ID: <199701152006.NAA04245@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199701151836.NAA09575@shell.monmouth.com> from "Bill/Carolyn Pechter" at Jan 15, 97 01:36:41 pm
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> I'm about to embark on the dreaded SysV init path. [ ... ] > Before I start hacking up the FreeBSD init. I've been looking at coming > up with a "Universal" init version which would use /etc/ttys if present > or /etc/inittab. > > I'm looking to base the code off of the current FreeBSD init, instead of > porting the Linux one so it'll be GPL free. > > Before I start -- has anyone done this yet? Is anyone else interested > in this capability? I am very interested, because I want to run SVR4 database server binaries without hacking up my rc file. You should probably look at the BSDi initd code, which I believe was generally donated... I thought they had done this already. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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