init: allow running the user-provided init as pid 1 (fix #223)#424
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Yes definitely. In fact I have also ran into this limitation and I was already thinking we should implement a mechanism like this eventually. Thanks for working on it! |
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Some init systems like systemd absolutely need to run as PID 1. Add an environment variable to allow doing so at the cost of the return code feature. Signed-off-by: Val Packett <val@invisiblethingslab.com>
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Some init systems like systemd absolutely need to run as PID 1. Add an environment variable to allow doing so at the cost of the exit code feature.
Yes, this is kinda in the direction of "not-so-micro" VMs, but we wanted to try a tiny minimal systemd setup for our own project where we need to run user-configurable background services (like VPN clients) for desktop apps. #223 mentions the systemd-in-a-container use case for k8s stuff. So hopefully this would be acceptable? (after polishing it a bit more: I guess it should be configurable from the JSON file as well..)