From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Millan Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user,gmane.os.hurd.general Subject: Re: [Announce] dmd -0.5 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 15:41:29 +0200 Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030610134129.GB748@aragorn> References: <20030608121253.GA267@gmx.de> <20030608125614.GA1116@aragorn> <20030608160514.GB593@gmx.de> <20030608222025.GA403@aragorn> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055253016 9506 80.91.224.249 (10 Jun 2003 13:50:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:50:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-hurd@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 10 15:50:10 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19PjRG-0001is-00 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 15:45:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19PjR9-0006L2-HB for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:45:19 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19PjPw-0005o7-8I for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:44:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19PjPM-0005BT-Dx for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:43:30 -0400 Original-Received: from 86.red-80-24-13.pooles.rima-tde.net ([80.24.13.86] helo=aragorn) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19PjP4-0004w9-20; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:43:11 -0400 Original-Received: from rmh by aragorn with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19PjNl-0000Cp-00; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 15:41:49 +0200 Original-To: "Alfred M. Szmidt" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organisation: free as in freedom User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Original-cc: guile-user@gnu.org Original-cc: wolfgang@pro-linux.de X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:2032 gmane.os.hurd.general:2031 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:2032 On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:11:09PM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > > No, you have missunderstood what dmd is. It is not /sbin/init, it is > an repleacement for it (think of it as GNU's not Unix, yet they are > quite similar in several regards). From the annoucment mail for > dmd--0.7: > > (define about-the-software > "The dmd program is a service manager, i.e. on the GNU system (which > is the primary target), it replaces /sbin/init completely, on systems > which are similar to Unix (e.g. GNU/Linux) it replaces the part of > /sbin/init that is responsible for switching runlevels (/etc/rc?.d and > /etc/init.d come to mind), respawning services (/etc/inittab comes to > mind) and similar things.") oh, i understand now. -- Robert Millan _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user