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dinit-service: better description of what it means to "run on console"
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davmac314 committed Oct 9, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -568,7 +568,8 @@ Specifies that this service uses the console; its input and output should be
directed to the console (or precisely, to the device to which \fBdinit\fR's standard
output stream is connected).
A service running on the console prevents other services from running on the
console (they will queue for the console).
console (they will queue for access to the console), and inhibits \fBdinit\fR's own output to it
(some output will be buffered and displayed later, but some may be dropped completely).
.IP
Proper operation of this option (and related options) assumes that \fBdinit\fR
is itself attached correctly to the console device (or a terminal, in which case
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