Re: default init on non-Linux platforms
previously on this list Matthias Urlichs contributed:
> > Kevin, I don't think you understand the reasoning behind this. Again,
> > the problem the init system has to solve here is being able to track a
> > process with a 100% accuracy, so whatever automated mechanisms you have
> > configured when certain situations occur, they have to find the correct
> > process to work on as to not kill the daemon instance you actually
> > still need.
> >
> … not to mention any other processes which the daemon started, which
> may or may not linger after its (grand)parent died, and which may or
> may not cause problems when restarting.
Never happened to me and shouldn't happen on a well designed service
that should be controlling it's children. If it does happen you should
be checking the system over anyway and possibly filing a bug.
The only time I've had zombies is on a desktop.
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'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work
together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a
universal interface'
(Doug McIlroy)
In Other Words - Don't design like polkit or systemd
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