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AI-generatedConfiguring a start‑up timeout for runit services in Artix Linux
The goal is to guarantee that a runit‑supervised service that hangs in its exec command is automatically terminated after a configurable interval, preventing it from consuming CPU or memory indefinitely on a low‑traffic VPS. However, the base‑runit metapackage does not define a documented, enforceable timeout for service start‑up scripts; runit will wait ind
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