Re: Debootstrap on GNU/Hurd Status

[Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org>]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 07:44:08AM -0700, Jeff Bailey wrote:
> > Well, I had it running, so it is certainly possible.  How you go about
> > integrating such a port back into the Debian package is a mystery I
> > was never able to solve.
> 
> I asked the Debian *BSD folks last week if they were planning on using
> sysvinit, and I was told they had almost no problems getting the changes
> they needed integrated upstream.  Perhaps there's been a change.

Seems like the sysvinit-maintainer is listening to the needs of other
ports:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200304/msg01144.html

--8<--
I have split up sysvinit into three packages:

- sysvinit
- initscripts
- sysv-rc

This is so that BSD and the Hurd can easier replace just the parts
they need, probably just initscripts and sysv-rc, and so that
alternative systems like file-rc can be dropped in easier.
--8<--

I did not look any further into the technical part of this split, though.


cheers,

Michael