Re: rcd(8) - new service manager daemon
Baptiste Daroussin <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:55:53 +0200
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On Mon 15 Jun 01:10, Sulev-Madis Silber wrote: > so this is systemd for freebsd essentially? > > without it's mistakes > > but this is not the first time something wants to replace. upstart, launchd, what were all those? > > on ui, i can see myself making immediate alias "rc" for "rcctl". it's also pretty cursed how service used the arguments the other way round > > technically this design is pretty sound. but it's like, change, decades of existing habits gone. i don't like changes. i hate changes > > on technical, this also feels like "inetd-ng" somehow. that socket and fd decouple. the binary swap sounds fancy tho > > like with pkg(ng), i'm still adjusting to it even today > > also, could there be additional special control interface to this? i feel like shell autocompletes aren't enough. so, a special rc console? > > or maybe a ncursea tui? > > or, relatedly, maybe a remote control and monitoring of a kind. maybe cluster running stuff? > > with jails also being a thing, is this also a docker for freebsd? Not at all the jail part is the same as the jail intégration in current rcng. > > those are like my quick views to this > Best regards, Bapt