From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8509DCD98DA for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:19:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout-04.galae.net (smtpout-04.galae.net [185.171.202.116]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.154008.1781615974680157817 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:19:35 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=dkim header.b=T8RIhze1; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 185.171.202.116, mailfrom: antonin.godard@bootlin.com) Received: from smtpout-01.galae.net (smtpout-01.galae.net [212.83.139.233]) by smtpout-04.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1AEE0C2BB30; Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:19:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.galae.net (mail.galae.net [212.83.136.155]) by smtpout-01.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87565601A9; Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:19:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 9F983106C9C8D; Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:19:31 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=dkim; t=1781615972; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:references; bh=HAygVmIvWeHvZc3FJRvOu6XFnyVMAmX9re+c7CNsdCA=; b=T8RIhze1Tq5jOqNBI7eOqt1wOT5qX1IJE7U0S652ANDN9x4l3Y7TLMV2cZZqA4N6lHGWOZ 4xLf8TtT5oOafyn4ad8yK0Ma8+akRX+vYCH5fGmf8V0QN9LRimgpalAkf5Knb+qtha4jrD ONr12LKA42GkFAsmqupZU/TpSxGGXUD+mX50yY2T2cRqFSY6VXHiTCBYYg3dD02HQcbL0C p3ota+Eh5FUR0MvlAyWI5kmZDLQfaSlpHkpljw/xielh/+JLcc9f3EC5JaRxT0c+j0mSvp Ozk466+XiaDnFbEm3lLXKmy0z1ftT4MIOyZl5CZVR0IaoacS7s5TkH+aBKnH5g== Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:19:31 +0200 Message-Id: Subject: Re: [docs] in what context is "sysvinit" the "default init manager for YP"? From: "Antonin Godard" To: "Robert P. J. Day" , "YP docs mailing list" References: <189ec6a5-2ab7-a0cd-4e88-b0a6f017712e@crashcourse.ca> In-Reply-To: <189ec6a5-2ab7-a0cd-4e88-b0a6f017712e@crashcourse.ca> X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:19:38 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9739 On Thu Jun 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > here: > > https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev-manual/init-manager.html# > > The opening sentence is: > > "By default, the Yocto Project uses SysVinit as the initialization > manager." > > that claim is confusing since if one initializes a build using basic > OE, the default init manager is, of course, systemd. OTOH, if one adds > the meta-poky layer to the build and selects: > > DISTRO =3D "poky" > > then, yes, the init manager will be "sysvinit". > > so is it assumed, in the docs, that a YP build will implicitly > select the "poky" distro? should that section be expanded just a wee > bit to explain the possibilities? Outdated docs. You can replace: """ By default, the Yocto Project uses SysVinit as the initialization manager """ by """ By default, the :term:`Poky` distro uses SysVinit as the initialization manager. """ Antonin