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 +Hi Didier,
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 +Sorry, I did not notice your questions before. 
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 +For me, the primary reason for using OpenRC is that it provides standardization. Yes, it does offer some superior features, like dependency handling of services, cgroups support, service supervision, etc.
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 +It does not replace any components that I know of, sysvinit is used for booting and then handles control to OpenRC, and the services provided by Slackware in /etc/rc.d can also be used.
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 +It can also provide a faster boot experience and supports parallel starting of services as well.
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 + --- //[[wiki:user:aaditya|Aaditya Bagga]] 2015/05/18 10:50//
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 +===== Migrating to OpenRC 0.39+ from previous versions =====
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 +OpenRC 0.39.2, as //**planned**// to be shipped via [[https://slackbuilds.org/|SBo]], features 2 main changes:
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 +  * //openrc-init// is being used as init instead of ///sbin/init//
 +  * Service and configuration directory has been changed to ///etc/openrc// instead of ///etc//
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 +Both these changes were done to have a clean{er} OpenRC install which can co-exist with other init systems like sysvinit (default), runit, etc, just by changing boot parameters.
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 +Following articles have more info:
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 +  * [[https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:general_admin:openrc#openrc-init|To switch to openrc-init]]
 +  * [[https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:general_admin:openrc#migrating_from_etc_initd_to_etc_openrc_initd|To switch to /etc/openrc/init.d]]
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