Re: That upstart Upstart

2009-06-30 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 02:56 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 04:11:53PM -0500, Patrick Goetz wrote: > > Doesn't this mean that rcS is stopped before /etc/init.d/rcS is ever > > exec'd, since the runlevel is set before the script is run? In > > particular, when exactly does

Re: That upstart Upstart

2009-06-30 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 16:11 -0500, Patrick Goetz wrote: > Everyone knows the canonical (no pun intended) unix interview question, > namely > > Q: how many processes does the kernel start on boot? > A: Only one -- init > > Apparently this isn't necessarily true any more, or soon won't be? >

Re: That upstart Upstart

2009-06-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 04:11:53PM -0500, Patrick Goetz wrote: > Everyone knows the canonical (no pun intended) unix interview question, > namely > > Q: how many processes does the kernel start on boot? > A: Only one -- init > > Apparently this isn't necessarily true any more, or soon won't

That upstart Upstart

2009-06-29 Thread Patrick Goetz
(Apologies in advance for the length of this message -- if you don't care about order and manner in which system daemons are launched, please invoke the Delete key operator immediately.) Everyone knows the canonical (no pun intended) unix interview question, namely Q: how many processes does