[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/6] tini: new package

[Christian Stewart]

Thomas,

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 6:54 AM Matthew Weber
<matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:15 PM Christian Stewart <christian at paral.in> wrote:
> > Tini is a minimal init process to act as PID 1 for containers.
>
> I see this patch is in a "Not Applicable" state.  This package is
> useful as a minimal init in the most basic of LXC containers (cases
> where docker is overkill).  Our use case had the rootfs being shared
> with the container and this init could remain dyn linked.
>
> I couldn't see a clear path in the thread on next steps.  I'm glad to
> respin with an update.

Docker is now taking a more direct approach to dealing with process
reaping and other concerns Tini was previously used to address.
Regardless; the intent of adding Tini is not to satisfy a Docker
requirement.

Best,
Christian