s6-linux-init

What is it ?

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

s6-linux-init is meant to automate creation of scripts revolving around the use of other skarnet.org tools, especially s6, in order to provide a complete booting environment with integrated supervision and logging without having to hand-craft all the details.

Please read the documentation for the s6-linux-init-maker program carefully, but if you're impatient, you can also read this quickstart guide, which includes a small FAQ.

Installation

Requirements

A Linux-based system with a standard C development environment
GNU make, version 4.0 or later
skalibs version 2.3.5.1 or later
execline version 2.1.2.2 or later
s6-portable-utils version 2.0.5.0 or later
s6-linux-utils version 2.0.2.1 or later
s6 version 2.1.6.0 or later

When you build s6-linux-init, the s6-linux-init-maker tool is created; then you run that tool to create an init script, and then you can boot your system on that init script.

skalibs is a build-time dependency. If you are linking binaries against the shared version of the skalibs library, it also becomes a run-time and boot-time dependency.
All the other listed packages are boot-time dependencies only.

Licensing

s6-linux-utils is free software. It is available under the ISC license.

Download

The current released version of s6-linux-init is 0.0.1.2.
Alternatively, you can checkout a copy of the s6-linux-init git repository:
```
 git clone git://git.skarnet.org/s6-linux-init 
```

Compilation

See the enclosed INSTALL file for installation details.

Upgrade notes

This page lists the differences to be aware of between the previous versions of s6-linux-init and the current one.

Reference

Commands

All these commands exit 111 if they encounter a temporary error, and 100 if they encounter a permanent error - such as a misuse.

The s6-linux-init-maker program

Related resources

s6-linux-init is discussed on the skaware mailing-list.