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diff --git a/doc/s6-rc-compile.html b/doc/s6-rc-compile.html index d78e7ad..d23f071 100644 --- a/doc/s6-rc-compile.html +++ b/doc/s6-rc-compile.html @@ -374,6 +374,23 @@ instance managed by an automatically generated longrun service named <tt>s6rc-fdholder</tt>. </p> +<h2> Compiled database usage </h2> + +<ul> + <li> Once it has been built with s6-rc-compile, a compiled database cannot be +modified. It (i.e. the directory containing the <em>n</em>, <em>db</em> and +<em>resolve.cdb</em> files as well as the <em>servicedirs</em< subdirectory) +can be moved around in the filesystem, provided the insides remain +untouched. </li> + <li> Once a compiled database is live (i.e. it has services running on it, +following an invocation of <a href="s6-rc-init.html">s6-rc-init</a> or +<a href="s6-rc-update.html">s6-rc-update</a>, it <em>must not move anymore</em>, +and it must not be deleted. The only way to "free" such a compiled database +for displacement or deletion is to replace it as the live one via another +call to <a href="s6-rc-update.html">s6-rc-update</a>. </li> +</ul> + + <h2> A complete example </h2> <p> |