runit for Debian
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This package provides the runit programs and an example getty service only.
It does not replace the /sbin/init program, and so does not enable runit to
run as process no 1.  To do so, you need to follow the documentation[0] or
install the package runit-run.

runit's default directory for services is /var/service.

It is possible to use runit's service supervision with sysvinit's init
running as process no 1. If you want this, create the /var/service directory,
install the example stage 2 script in /etc/runit/, and add a line to the end
of /etc/inittab like this:

 # mkdir -p /var/service
 # install -m0755 /usr/share/doc/runit/doc/debian/2 /etc/runit/2
 # echo 'SV:123456:respawn:/etc/runit/2' >>/etc/inittab

Then tell sysvinit about the change:

 # init q

[0] http://smarden.org/runit/replaceinit.html

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:24:32 +0200