sysvinit backward compatibility in upstart .5

[Casey Dahlin]

Sandeep Puddupakkam (spuddupa) wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I downloaded the upstart (.5) code from trunk. I was able to get the 
> sysvinit backward compatibility going with upstart (.3.9). I am trying 
> to do the same with the code in trunk.
>
> I notice that runlevel, telinit etc are not yet implemented. Are there 
> plans of implementing them? If they will be implemented, is the plan 
> to use the existing socket interface for telinit to talk to upstart or 
> will that be replaced by dbus. In which case, dbus should be started 
> pretty early in the startup sequence.
>
> In the mean time, what are the alternatives I have to achieve the 
> backward compatibility with sysvint?
>
>  
>
> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
>  
>
> Thanks and Regards,
>
>  
>
> Sandeep
>
They will be implemented, and in fact are. They currently reside in the 
"dbus-userspace" branch on launchpad, but merging is imminent. There 
should be a release soon with all of this in place.

--CJD