[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] An startpar with runlevel-full parallel execution

[Kel Modderman]

On Saturday 09 May 2009 18:34:07 Jordi Pujol wrote:
> El Friday 08 May 2009 20:46:19 Kel Modderman va escriure:
> > Please check sysvinit package SVN, I have done this already if I understand
> > correctly.
> 
> Yes, that should be the CONCURRENCY=makefile
> I'll try this one, building the package from SVN

Please do. I'd like to discuss it more with you.

What is in current package is new version of startpar from SuSe/Werner Fink,
with patches for Debian runlevel compatibility. All patches have been accepted
by Werner (except I need to redo version of the getpty() hack with minor change
and resend it). I would prefer to stay with Werner's startpar utility than
rewrite a new one (like lnet-startpar) if possible, as it is better to share
knowledge and relationship with Werner Fink. So I encourage that if you want
new features to try and work with Werner to add them to the existing startpar
utility.

One problem now is the splash screen API. The current implimentation seems
to rely on everything happening in shell code flow of /etc/init.d/rc rather
than an external C utility like startpar. I hate splash screens and have little
idea about the current API so would need help to improve the situation with
startpar.

Thanks, Kel.
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