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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2023-02-12 02:34:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com> | 2023-02-12 02:34:48 +0000 |
| commit | 5b57f7249b84b3bdeab7b6827544c0844e7f6e5f (patch) | |
| tree | 4ccc7c7549c583b6d8719b94472e4b607e085aca /INSTALL | |
| parent | 2a2c6e81937c137c336b6c7a2c95d7e02e7595d5 (diff) | |
| download | s6-portable-utils-5b57f7249b84b3bdeab7b6827544c0844e7f6e5f.tar.xz | |
Doc fix
Signed-off-by: Laurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com>
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@@ -151,3 +151,26 @@ without relying on a PATH search. skarnet.org packages do not support out-of-tree builds. They are small, so it does not cost much to duplicate the entire source tree if parallel builds are needed. + + +* Multicall binary + ---------------- + + Starting with version 2.3.0.0, the s6-portable-utils package comes +with an alternative build in the form of a multicall binary, simply +called "s6-portable-utils", that includes the functionality of *all* +the other binaries; it switches functionalities depending on the name +it is called with, or the subcommand it is given: +"s6-portable-utils s6-seq 1 10" will print the natural numbers from +1 to 10, same as "s6-seq 1 10" if s6-seq is a link to the +s6-portable-utils program. + + To use this, use the --enable-multicall option to configure. Only +the s6-portable-utils binary will be built, and other programs will be +created as symbolic links to s6-portable-utils at installation time. + + The multicall setup saves a lot of disk space, at the price of +am unnoticeable amount of CPU usage. RAM usage is about equivalent +and difficult to assess. The setup is meant for embedded devices +or small distributions with a focus on saving disk space. + |