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[seth AT swoolley.homeip.net]

telinit runs /etc/init.d/rc which runs things like "need", which map 
back to initctl.  I thus think his patch already covers it, but we'll 
need to do more complete testing of his patch and discussion.

Seth

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 09:37:41AM +0100, "Andra?? 'ruskie' Levstik" wrote:
> I belive that telinit uses the fifo to communicate with simpleinit.. that
> would require fixing....
> 
> 
> On 09:01:42 2008-03-13 Jens Laas <jens.laas AT data.slu.se> wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I've made a patch that converts simpleinit from using a fifo file to use  
> an abstract socket for communicating with initctl.
> 
> This means there is no longer a file in the filesystem that needs to be  
> maintained since abtract sockets do not map onto the filesystem.
> 
> Tested on one computer where it works.
> 
> The patch goes on top of the patches already in simpleinit-msb.
> 
> Cheers
> Jens L????s
> 
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