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Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit

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From steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com>
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Subject Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit
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Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> writes:

> Hello!
>
> The package sysvinit-scripts provides the init scripts, but they are not
> located in /etc/init.d, but in /etc/rc.d, like FreeBSD does.
>
> Some people say Slackware provides SysVinit, some BSD-like init.
>
> What are the differences here?
>


 
> IIRC FreeBSD does not have run levels.

 I was going to say runlevels.

The basic idea these days is systemd. Slackware doesn't use systemd. it
uses run levels. Slackware is easier to use for me.

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SysVinit vs BSDinit Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-07-09 15:56 +0200
  Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2026-07-09 14:25 +0000
    Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2026-07-09 14:27 +0000
  Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-07-09 15:16 +0000
    Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2026-07-09 15:46 +0000
      Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-07-10 07:01 +0200
    Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-07-10 13:16 -0400
      Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-07-11 01:22 +0000
        Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-07-11 07:26 +0200
  Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-07-11 15:16 +0000
    Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Mike Small <smallm@panix.com> - 2026-07-23 13:27 -0400
      Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-07-23 23:36 +0000
  Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com> - 2026-08-06 18:45 -0400
    Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-08-07 07:16 +0200
      Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2026-08-10 05:43 +0000
        Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-10 22:14 +0000
        Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Mike Small <smallm@panix.com> - 2026-08-15 00:15 -0400
          Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2026-08-16 11:06 +0000

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