source: chapter08/s6-init.xml@ ba62edf

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<sect1 id="ch-system-s6-init" role="wrap" revision="s6">
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  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>s6-init</productname>
    <productnumber>&s6-init-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&s6-init-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>s6-init-&s6-init-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-s6-init">
    <primary sortas="a-s6-init">s6-init</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>s6-linux-init is a set of minimalistic tools used to
    create a s6-based init system, including a /sbin/init binary,
    on a Linux kernel.</para>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&s6-init-fin-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&s6-init-fin-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
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  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of s6-linux-init</title>

    <para>Prepare s6-init for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --skeldir=/etc/s6-linux-init/skel</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--skeldir=/etc/s6-linux-init/skel</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Set directory where to store essential files for the init process</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-s6-init" role="content">
    <title>Contents of s6-init</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>s6-init-x, s6-init-y, s6-init-z, ...</seg>
        <seg>libx, liby, libz ...</seg>
        <seg>dirx, diry, dirz ...</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="s6-init-x">
        <term><command>s6-init-x</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Is used to blah blah</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-s6-init s6-init-x">
            <primary sortas="b-s6-init-x">s6-init-x</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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