diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT index d44645b..a208043 100644 --- a/COPYRIGHT +++ b/COPYRIGHT @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ Sysvinit is Copyright (C) 1991-2004 Miquel van Smoorenburg + Updated Copyright (C) 2018 Jesse Smith This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'. Send patches to sysvinit-devel@nongnu.org -The of the start-stop-daemon +Regarding the start-stop-daemon located in the contrib directory: * A rewrite of the original Debian's start-stop-daemon Perl script * in C (faster - it is executed many times during system startup). diff --git a/README b/README index 58e958e..ff1f699 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ -contrib Unofficial stuff -doc Documentation, mostly obsolete -man Manual pages, not obsolete -obsolete Really obsolete stuff ;) +contrib Unofficial stuff, add-on programs +doc Documentation +man Manual pages src Source code -The project home is on https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit . +For instructions on building and installing SysV init, please +see the "doc/Install" file. + +The project home is on https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit Send patches to sysvinit-devel@nongnu.org . diff --git a/contrib/start-stop-daemon.README b/contrib/start-stop-daemon.README index fb69c08..6ce7710 100644 --- a/contrib/start-stop-daemon.README +++ b/contrib/start-stop-daemon.README @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Start-stop-daemon is the program that is used by the DEBIAN style init +Start-stop-daemon is the program that is used by the Debian style init scripts to start and stop services. This program is part of the "dpkg" package by Ian Jackson. However there is also a seperate C version (the -original is in perl) available written by Marek Michalkiewicz. I'm including +original is in Perl) available written by Marek Michalkiewicz. I am including it for your convinience. -Note that the latest debian dpkg packages (4.0.18 and later) contain +Note that the latest Debian dpkg packages (4.0.18 and later) contain a much improved update-rc.d. This code is almost a year old. The original announcement follows: diff --git a/contrib/start-stop-daemon.c b/contrib/start-stop-daemon.c index ce286a2..838154b 100644 --- a/contrib/start-stop-daemon.c +++ b/contrib/start-stop-daemon.c @@ -107,29 +107,28 @@ push(struct pid_list **list, int pid) static void do_help(void) { - printf("\ -start-stop-daemon for Debian Linux - small and fast C version written by\n\ -Marek Michalkiewicz , public domain.\n" -VERSION "\n\ -\n\ -Usage: - start-stop-daemon -S|--start options ... -- arguments ...\n\ - start-stop-daemon -K|--stop options ...\n\ - start-stop-daemon -H|--help\n\ - start-stop-daemon -V|--version\n\ -\n\ -Options (at least one of --exec|--pidfile|--user is required): - -x|--exec program to start/check if it is running\n\ - -p|--pidfile pid file to check\n\ - -u|--user | stop this user's processes\n\ - -n|--name stop processes with this name\n\ - -s|--signal signal to send (default 15)\n\ - -a|--startas program to start (default )\n\ - -t|--test test mode, don't do anything\n\ - -o|--oknodo exit status 0 (not 1) if nothing done\n\ - -q|--quiet | -v, --verbose\n\ -\n\ -Exit status: 0 = done 1 = nothing done (=> 0 if --oknodo) 2 = trouble\n"); +printf("start-stop-daemon for Debian Linux - small and fast C version written by\n" +"Marek Michalkiewicz , public domain. %s\n" +"\n" +"Usage:\n" +" start-stop-daemon -S|--start options ... -- arguments ...\n" +" start-stop-daemon -K|--stop options ...\n" +" start-stop-daemon -H|--help\n" +" start-stop-daemon -V|--version\n" +"\n" +"Options (at least one of --exec|--pidfile|--user is required):\n" +" -x|--exec program to start/check if it is running\n" +" -p|--pidfile pid file to check\n" +" -u|--user | stop this user's processes\n" +" -n|--name stop processes with this name\n" +" -s|--signal signal to send (default 15)\n" +" -a|--startas program to start (default )\n" +" -t|--test test mode, don't do anything\n" +" -o|--oknodo exit status 0 (not 1) if nothing done\n" +" -q|--quiet | -v, --verbose\n" +"\n" +"Exit status: 0 = done 1 = nothing done (=> 0 if --oknodo) 2 = trouble\n", +VERSION); } diff --git a/doc/Install b/doc/Install index fdd25fc..201923a 100644 --- a/doc/Install +++ b/doc/Install @@ -1,18 +1,36 @@ - README for the System V style init, version 2.86 + README for the System V style init, version 2.89 init, shutdown, halt, reboot, wall, last, mesg, runlevel, killall5, pidof, sulogin. All programs, files and scripts in this package are covered by -the Gnu Public License, and copyrighted by me. +the GNU General Public License version 2, and copyrighted by +Miquel van Smoorenburg (1991-2004) and, Jesse Smith (2018). If you are not using Debian and the debianized package, -you will have to install the new init by hand. You should -be able to drop the binaries into a Slackware or Redhat -system, I think. +you may have to install the new init by hand if Debian is +using an init system other than SysV (eg systemd). You should +be able to drop the binaries into a Slackware or Devuan system, I think. -Here is a list of preferred directories to install the progs & manpages: +The SysV init software, core programs and manual pages can be +installed by running the following two commands from the top-level +source directory. + +make +sudo make install + +If sudo is not installed, the "make install" command may be run as +the root user. + +Other than the GNU make utility, SysV init has few dependencies. +SysV can be built on virtually any Linux system featuring +the GNU C library or musl libc. A C compiler, such as the GNU Compiler +Collection (GCC) or Clang is also required. + +Here is a list of preferred directories to install the progs & manpages, +this should be done for you automatically when you run "make install" +as the root user, or via sudo, ie "sudo make install". wall.1, last.1, mesg.1 /usr/man/man1 inittab.5, initscript.5 /usr/man/man5 @@ -40,7 +58,7 @@ bootlogd /sbin/bootlogd utmpdump don't install, it's just a debug thingy. If you already _have_ a "wall" in /bin (the SLS release had, for example) -do _not_ install this wall. Chances are that the wall you are already +do _not_ install this version of wall. Chances are that the wall you are already using is linked to /bin/write. Either first _remove_ /bin/wall before installing the new one, or don't install the new one at all. @@ -48,9 +66,8 @@ You might want to create a file called "/etc/shutdown.allow". Read the manual page on shutdown to find out more about this. Running from a read-only file system (CDROM?): -o All communication to init goes through the FIFO /run/initctl. +* All communication to init goes through the FIFO /run/initctl. There should be no problem using a read-only root file system IF you use a Linux kernel > 1.3.66. Older kernels don't allow writing to a FIFO on a read-only file system. - -Miquel van Smoorenburg + diff --git a/doc/Propaganda b/doc/Propaganda index 072aa13..5efa7c0 100644 --- a/doc/Propaganda +++ b/doc/Propaganda @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ - Propaganda for version 2.58 of sysvinit & utilities + Propaganda for version 2.89 of sysvinit & utilities ================================================== -NOTE: If you use a standard distribution like Slackware, Debian -or Redhat there probably is no need to upgrade. Installing sysvinit +NOTE: If you use a standard distribution like Slackware, Devuan +or Gentoo there probably is no need to upgrade. Installing sysvinit is only for those that upgrade their system by hand or for people that create Linux distributions. -Sysvinit is probably the most widely used init package for Linux. -Most distributions use it. sysvinit 2.4 is really a good package, -and it was not the need for bugfixes but the need for more features +SysV init was probably the most widely used init package for Linux. +Most distributions once used it. sysvinit 2.4 was really a good package, +and it was not the need for bug fixes but the need for more features that made me work on sysvinit again. -Sysvinit is now a debian package. Debian source packages are not +SysV init is now a Debian package. Debian source packages are not special in any way -- in fact you can just unpack and compile it on any other Linux distribution. @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ as in the 2.4 release: The sysvinit package includes -* a sysv compatible /sbin/init program +* a SysV compatible /sbin/init program * a telinit program (er, just a link to /sbin/init) to change runlevels * a featureful shutdown * halt and reboot to assist shutdown @@ -69,13 +69,7 @@ The sysvinit package includes * the wall & mesg programs (not installed by default) * manpages for everything -The new sysv init can be found on: +The new SysV init can be found on: -tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/sbin as sysvinit-2.58-1.tar.gz -sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Daemons as sysvinit-2.58-1.tar.gz - -It will be moved there in a few days, in the mean time it is -probably in the Incoming directory. - -Mike. (02-Jan-1996) +http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/sysvinit/ diff --git a/doc/sysvinit-2.86.lsm b/doc/sysvinit-2.86.lsm index 3b985a5..25f67e7 100644 --- a/doc/sysvinit-2.86.lsm +++ b/doc/sysvinit-2.86.lsm @@ -1,14 +1,12 @@ Begin3 Title: sysvinit and utilities -Version: 2.86 -Entered-Date: 30JUL2004 +Version: 2.89 +Entered-Date: 24FEB2018 Description: This is the Linux System V init. This version can be compiled with glibc 2.0.6 and up. Author: miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) -Primary-Site: ftp.cistron.nl /pub/people/miquels/software - 92K sysvinit-2.86.tar.gz -Alternate-Site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/daemons/init - 92K sysvinit-2.86.tar.gz +Primary-Site: http://download.savannah.nongnu.org /releases/sysvinit/ + 103K sysvinit-2.89.tar.bz2 Copying-Policy: GPL Keywords: init shutdown halt reboot End