Re: Minimal init
>>No, I don't think so. If these external tools double fork then they
>>are just wrong.
> Double Forking has been the right way to do it for decades.
It has been the default way for most daemons, granted. (Getty is
a notable exception.)
> Demanding from upstreams that they change their software this
> fundamentally to cater for a new init system is [...] unrealistic
Runit has been around for a decade or so. Most daemons known to me have
a command-line flag that prevents forking.
Remember, preventing forking is about *removing* code from daemons, not
adding new code. Adding a flag to avoid forking is a trivial exercice,
and it's a rare upstream that will refuse the usually trivial patch.
-- Juliusz
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