MX multi-init setup --> Arch Linux

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MX multi-init setup --> Arch Linux

#1 Post by rasat »

On Arch Linux there is a discussion to have a multi-init setup with systemd. I introduced MX which coexist with systemd and sysVinit through systemd-shim. Also posted a sample how it works. Lone_Wolf who started this topic, is asking:
Does anyone know whether MX Linux has adopted systemd-shim project and will act as upstream for it ?
Are the sources for the MX linux systemd-shim packages published somewhere ?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 8#p1875978
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Source is here: https://github.com/MX-Linux/systemd-shim
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I would be very happy to get more eyes on that system-shim package.
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I had no idea MX was using a modified systemd.
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asqwerth wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:19 pm I had no idea MX was using a modified systemd.
The MX version of systemd is also old and lacks this fix: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tra ... 2019-15718

A few other things have been corrected in the version bump since MX added the epoch to their package: https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/ ... _changelog
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asqwerth wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:19 pm I had no idea MX was using a modified systemd.
Yep. Patches are required to make it work with the shim package.
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Not clear how to build.... "ln -s debian/patches" is in /systemd-shim-master not /systemd-shim..... systemd-shim.git and systemd-shim-master.zip.
https://github.com/MX-Linux/systemd-shim
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Head_on_a_Stick wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:49 am
asqwerth wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:19 pm I had no idea MX was using a modified systemd.
The MX version of systemd is also old and lacks this fix: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tra ... 2019-15718

A few other things have been corrected in the version bump since MX added the epoch to their package: https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/ ... _changelog
Hopefully, I can just add the new Debian security patches to the MX version to make them equivalent. :crossfingers: :crossfingers:
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#9 Post by Stevo »

Does anyone know exactly what four patches are meant here for the MX systemd?
Propped forward 4 patches from old systemd that were removed when systemd-shim was removed
I'm guessing it's these four, and commenting them as such in the debian/patches/series file:

Code: Select all

# Following patches restore compatibility with systemd-shim as on MX

debian/Make-logind-hostnamed-localed-timedated-D-Bus-activa.patch
debian/Start-logind-on-demand-via-libpam-systemd.patch
debian/Make-sd_login_monitor_new-work-for-logind-without-sy.patch
debian/Restore-old-user-runtime-path-functionality.patch
debian/don-t-try-to-start-autovt-units-when-not-running-wit.patch
But I end up with five, not four... :frown:, and the debian file in github has no MX stanza in the changelog file at all. :frown: :frown:

Let me see if the version in our repo has any hints.
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#10 Post by anixer »

Nevermind ... :D
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