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Re: SysVinit vs BSDinit

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Oops. I should proofread these posts. Sorry

On Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:25:29 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:56:43 +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> IIRC, Pat V. "grew up" on BSD, and makes his init scripts "BSD-like".
> However, as some packages supply their own SysV initscripts (and the
> Linux Standards Base still dictates the requirement to support SysV
> initscripts), Slackware allows for their use.
> 
> The primary difference between the SysV and BSD initscript philosophy seems
> to be how the scripts are named and invoked. SysV has different names for the
> scripts to start and stop a service, while BSD uses an argument to the script
> to indicate the same.
> 
> As for "run levels", "real" BSD didn't support the range of runlevels that
> SysVinit does, and apparently neither do the Free/Open/NetBSDs. (BSDs apparently
> support a "single user" mode and a "multi-user" mode, something like the SysVinit
> run level 1 ("single user") and run level 3 ("multi user").
> 
> Seemingly, the use of runlevels, inittab entries, and run levels have become

I meant to say...
Seemingly, the use of runlevels, inittab entries, and init scripts have become

> "long forgotten lore". I personally find the combination more flexible than the
> equivalent SystemD configurations that pervade the Linux space these days. But,
> then again, I'm an old fart.  :-)




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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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