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authorThomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@linuxfromscratch.org>2022-08-10 11:51:18 +0200
committerThomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@linuxfromscratch.org>2022-08-10 11:51:18 +0200
commit2e9ba9d96c7b1f71efc920755a8940da8b8bf476 (patch)
tree6d1c90b395523aa3d7eb47b44591828be2bb9421
parentf3b09304ffca86cbc28a1e3829c253d28fdb0ce8 (diff)
Updates
-rw-r--r--chapter09/chapter09.xml1
-rw-r--r--chapter09/usage6.xml82
2 files changed, 74 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/chapter09/chapter09.xml b/chapter09/chapter09.xml
index d94612401..54e86d628 100644
--- a/chapter09/chapter09.xml
+++ b/chapter09/chapter09.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
<!-- s6 -->
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="introduction6.xml"/>
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="bootscripts6.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="network6.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="usage6.xml"/>
diff --git a/chapter09/usage6.xml b/chapter09/usage6.xml
index 2a9d074bf..081340d17 100644
--- a/chapter09/usage6.xml
+++ b/chapter09/usage6.xml
@@ -11,9 +11,70 @@
<title>S6 Usage and Configuration</title>
- <para>*** Add more info about S6 here. ***</para>
+ <para>Some information about S6 in general and in detail...</para>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Terminology</title>
+
+ <para>
+ S6 does not look that trivial on the first view. Some
+ clarification on the terminology of S6 might help to understand
+ what is talked about.
+ </para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>service directory</para>
+ <para>
+ A directory, where your service definitions are
+ stored. That is the direcory where all the directories
+ containing <filename>type</filename>, <filename>up</filename>,
+ <filename>down</filename> and <filename>dependencies</filename>
+ resides in. In the service directory can be much more
+ service definitions be stored than you might actually are
+ going to use.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>scan directory</para>
+ <para>
+ Pretty much same structure as a <emphasis>service directory</emphasis>
+ but it contains only that services which are used on your
+ system. The scandir can contain symbolic links to services
+ in the <emphasis>service directory</emphasis>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>The boot scripts</title>
+
+ <para>Now setup some essential scripts for booting.</para>
- <para>Now setup some essential scripts for booting.</para>
+ <para>
+ After init has been started, the s6 rc.init file is read.
+ The file can be found in <filename class="directory">/etc/s6-linux-init/skel</filename>.
+ This file can be used to start the S6 service manager as well
+ as optionally other service managers. To enable s6-rc, execute
+ following command to uncomment the respective line:
+ </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -e "s/^# s6-rc-init/s6-rc-init/" \
+ -i /etc/s6-linux-init/skel/rc.init</userinput></screen>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ Whenever you change files in the skel directory, it is
+ required to reinstall them using the <filename>s6-linux-init-maker</filename>
+ script.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Execute the following commands to rebuild the files.
+ </para>
+ </note>
<!--
Following setup is taken from
@@ -28,23 +89,26 @@
... but it boots ;-)
-->
- <para>Make sure that the configuration directory exists:</para>
+ <para>Make sure that the configuration directory exists:</para>
<screen><userinput>mkdir -p /etc/s6-linux-init</userinput></screen>
- <para>Setup a temporary directory:</para>
+ <para>Setup a temporary directory name (the directory itself
+ must not exist):</para>
-<screen><userinput>tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>tmpdir=$(mktemp -d -u)</userinput></screen>
- <para>Create essential programs and move them to a
- directory representing the current setup:</para>
+ <para>Create essential programs and move them to a
+ directory representing the current setup:</para>
-<screen><userinput>s6-linux-init-maker -1 -G "/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1" $tmpdir
+<screen><userinput>s6-linux-init-maker -1 -G "/sbin/agetty -J 38400 tty1" $tmpdir
mv $tmpdir /etc/etc/s6-linux-init/current
</userinput></screen>
- <para>Install the essential programs in the file system:</para>
+ <para>Install the essential programs in the file system:</para>
<screen><userinput>cp -av /etc/etc/s6-linux-init/current/bin/* /sbin/</userinput></screen>
+ </sect2>
+
</sect1>