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Support setting supervisor=start-stop-daemon in service files #1089

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Support setting supervisor=start-stop-daemon in service files
Sep 27, 2026
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Document support for supervisor=start-stop-daemon in service files
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Recommend using supervise-daemon in documentation
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20 changes: 11 additions & 9 deletions man/openrc-run.8
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Expand Up @@ -93,15 +93,17 @@ String describing the service.
.It Ar description_$command
String describing the extra command.
.It Ar supervisor
Supervisor to use to monitor this daemon. If this is unset or invalid,
start-stop-daemon will be used.
Currently, we support s6 from skarnet software, and supervise-daemon
which is a light-weight supervisor internal to OpenRC.
To use s6, set
supervisor=s6.
or set
supervisor=supervise-daemon
to use supervise-daemon.
Supervisor to use to monitor this daemon. This defaults to start-stop-daemon for historical reasons.
Currently, we support supervise-daemon which is light-weight supervisor internal to OpenRC and
is the recommended option; s6 from skarnet software; and start-stop-daemon which doesn't provide any process supervision.
To use supervise-daemon, set
supervisor=supervise-daemon,
set
supervisor=s6
to use s6,
or
supervisor=start-stop-daemon
to use start-stop-daemon.
.It Ar s6_service_path
The path to the s6 service directory if you are monitoring this service
with S6. The default is /var/svc.d/${RC_SVCNAME}.
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions sh/openrc-run.sh.in
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Expand Up @@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ default_start()
{
local func=ssd_start
case "$supervisor" in
start-stop-daemon) ;;
runit) func=runit_start ;;
s6) func=s6_start ;;
supervise-daemon) func=supervise_start ;;
Expand All @@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ default_stop()
{
local func=ssd_stop
case "$supervisor" in
start-stop-daemon) ;;
runit) func=runit_stop ;;
s6) func=s6_stop ;;
supervise-daemon) func=supervise_stop ;;
Expand All @@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ default_status()
{
local func=ssd_status
case "$supervisor" in
start-stop-daemon) ;;
runit) func=runit_status ;;
s6) func=s6_status ;;
supervise-daemon) func=supervise_status ;;
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