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> Launchd may not be a 100% function for function equivalent for init(8), but it does replace it, along with the rc subsystem. You are right. I was drawing on
by AdieuToLogic 11y ago
> Launchd may not be a 100% function for function equivalent for init(8), but it does replace it, along with the rc subsystem.
You are right. I was drawing on quite old knowledge regarding the OS-X boot process in thinking launchd worked in collaboration with init(8) and friends. Apparently, it has been this way for some time[1].
I have been aware of launchd replacing rc.d since its introduction. What I did not realize is that it supplanted init as PID 1. Knowing that this is the case, I am less likely to support its adoption FWIW.
1 - http://aplawrence.com/Words2005/2005_05_15.html http://aplawrence.com/Words2005/2005_05_15.html