Hello Alexis,
On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 10:12:49PM +1000, Alexis wrote:
> João <phlogiston_at_sapo.pt> writes:
>
> > The Void linux manual shows gpg-agent running as an example, but they
> > don't show
> > the run script, so I don't know how they set it up.
> > https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/services/user-services.html
>
> Duncaen's run script for gpg-agent is here:
>
> https://github.com/Duncaen/dotfiles/blob/master/sv/gpg-agent/run
>
> It's actually an execline script that makes use of
> s6-ipcserver-socketbinder. Also note that the script calls gpg-agent with
> `--supervise`.
Thank you for this. It is helpful to look at an example.
> > This is a pity as gpg-agent is a long running process which is the
> > sort of thing
> > you would want to run under supervision.
>
> Well, the typical reason we want to run something under supervision is to
> ensure it's up, because (a) there are processes relying on it being up, and
> (b) those processes aren't themselves able to start the relevant process.
> But this isn't the case with gpg-agent: the main programs that utilise it
> know how to start it themselves if necessary, so it doesn't matter if a
> gpg-agent process exits abnormally, as a new one will get created when
> required.
You have a point. But I guess you still loose a common consistent way of
checking the status and controlling the processes in your system.
Best regards,
João
Received on Fri Sep 30 2022 - 11:06:29 CEST