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diff --git a/system/s6-rc/README b/system/s6-rc/README index 5a565ceed2..b6c9809096 100644 --- a/system/s6-rc/README +++ b/system/s6-rc/README @@ -1,18 +1,30 @@ -s6-rc is a service manager for s6-based systems, i.e. a suite of programs -that can start and stop services, both long-running daemons and one-time -initialization scripts, in the proper order according to a dependency tree. -It ensures that long-running daemons are supervised by the s6 infrastructure, -and that one-time scripts are also run in a controlled environment. +s6-rc is a service manager for s6-based systems, i.e. a suite of +programs that can start and stop services, both long-running daemons and +one-time initialization scripts, in the proper order according to a +dependency tree. It ensures that long-running daemons are supervised by +the s6 infrastructure, and that one-time scripts are also run in a +controlled environment. NOTE: -Upstream recommends building skarnet.org softwares with static libraries -as most of skarnet.org softwares are small enough that using shared -libraries are generally not worth using. Therefore, by default, shared -libraries are not built and binaries are linked against the static -versions of the skarnet.org libraries. +s6-rc has a "live directory" where it puts some internal files that are +needed at runtime, which defaults to /run/s6-rc. This can be changed to +another directory by passing LIVE_DIR=/path/to/directory environment +variable to this SlackBuild script like below: -If you want to also build the shared libraries, pass BUILD_SHARED=yes -environment variable to the SlackBuild script like below: + LIVE_DIR=/path/to/directory ./s6-rc.SlackBuild + +Make sure /path/to/directory is readable and writable by s6-rc, or it +will not work correctly. A good recommendation is to put the live +directory inside a RAM filesystem (e.g., tmpfs). + +Upstream recommends building skarnet.org software with static libraries, +as most of skarnet.org software are small enough that shared libraries +are generally not worth using. Therefore, by default, shared libraries +are not built and binaries are linked against the static versions of the +skarnet.org libraries. + +If you want to also build the shared libraries, pass BUILD_SHARED=yes to +the script like below: BUILD_SHARED=yes ./s6-rc.SlackBuild @@ -22,8 +34,10 @@ libraries and not the static ones, you can do something like: BUILD_SHARED=yes BUILD_STATIC=no ./s6-rc.SlackBuild -If you just want to build and use skarnet.org softwares, building only +If you just want to build and use skarnet.org software, building only the static libraries should be sufficient. If you want the binaries to be linked against the shared versions of the -skarnet.org libraries, pass LINK_SHARED=yes to the script. +skarnet.org libraries, pass LINK_SHARED=yes to the script, i.e., + + LINK_SHARED=yes ./s6-rc.SlackBuild |