README
1s6-rc - a dependency-based init script management system
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4 s6-rc is a suite of programs designed to help Unix distributions manage
5services provided by various software packages, and automate initialization,
6shutdown, and more generally changes to the machine state.
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8 It keeps track of the complete service dependency tree and automatically
9brings services up or down to reach the desired state.
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11 In conjunction with s6, it ensures that long-lived services are
12supervised, and that short-lived instructions are run in a reproducible
13manner.
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15 See https://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/ for details.
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18* Installation
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21 See the INSTALL file.
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24* Contact information
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27 Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware at skarnet.org>
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29 Please use the <skaware at list.skarnet.org> mailing-list for
30questions about s6-rc.
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README.macos
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2 This package will compile and run on Darwin (MacOS), but the building of
3shared libraries is not supported.
4 Make sure you use the --disable-shared option to configure.
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README.solaris
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2 This package assumes the existence of a POSIX shell in /bin/sh.
3 On Solaris, /bin/sh is not POSIX. Most versions of Solaris provide
4a POSIX shell in /usr/xpg4/bin/sh.
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6 To compile this package on Solaris, you will need to run
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8 ./patch-for-solaris
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10 before you run ./configure. This script will change the #! invocation
11of the configure script and various tools so that a POSIX shell is used
12for the compilation process.
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