[Pdns-users] successful installation of recursor 5.2 on non-systemd

[Curtis Maurand]

the sysv script is not in the current debian packages and hasn’t been for the last few versions and the pdns-recursor installation script will delete the existing sysv script. this has been true since 4.9. 

The docs say that the sysv script is in the source tarball, but it’s not there. It seems to that systemd is the preferred. Devuan Daedalus is Debian bookworm but with other choices of init systems. 

It still runs fine as a daemon in the background. 

Cheers 
—C

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> On Apr 10, 2025, at 11:50 AM, Brian Candler <b.candler at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> On 10/04/2025 14:16, Curtis Maurand via Pdns-users wrote:
>> I know that powerdns has dropped support for systems that don't run systemd
> 
> Citation Needed™.  There is optional systemd integration, but AFAICS it is not required:
> 
> https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/appendices/compiling.html?highlight=systemd#systemd-notify-support
> 
> Of course, there's no guarantee that .deb packages built for Debian will work correctly on a non-Debian system, such as Devuan.  Devuan are free to make their own packages of PDNS if they choose to.