s6-rc
Software
skarnet.org

Upgrade notes for s6-rc

As a general rule, if you change major versions, for instance if you upgrade from 0.1.0.0 to 0.2.1.2, you need to recompile your service databases, because the binary format is not guaranteed stable across major version changes. You can keep your compiled service databases across minor and bugfix version changes.

What has changed in s6-rc

in 0.4.0.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.6.3.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.3.0.4.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.6.2.0.
• s6-rc-compile now accepts multiple lines in a consumer-for file: a longrun can now have multiple producers, which means that pipelines are really funnels. The compiled databases are not compatible with previous versions, and the source databases are not compatible either, because the pipeline-name file must now be present in the definition of the final consumer of a pipeline, not in the definition of a first producer (to avoid ambiguity). Edit your databases and recompile them.
• New tool: s6-rc-format-upgrade

in 0.3.0.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.6.0.1.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.3.0.3.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.6.1.1.
• New -p option to s6-rc-init to allow using several live directories with the same scandir.
• New command: s6-rc diff.

in 0.2.1.2

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.6.0.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.3.0.2.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.6.1.0.

in 0.2.1.1

• No functional changes.

in 0.2.1.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.5.1.1.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.3.0.1.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.6.0.0.
• s6-rc change now ensures that a longrun is down when its up transition fails.
• s6-rc change now kills subprocesses waiting on a longrun transition when it receives a SIGINT or a SIGTERM.

in 0.2.0.1

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.5.1.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.3.0.1.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.5.1.0.

in 0.2.0.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.5.0.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.3.0.0.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.5.0.0.
• s6-rc commands taking a lock on the live directory or the service database now fail instantly if the lock is already held. The new -b option makes them revert to the "block until the lock is released" behaviour.

in 0.1.0.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.4.0.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.2.0.0.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.4.0.0.

in 0.0.3.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.10.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.5.0.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.3.0.0.

in 0.0.2.1

• s6 dependency bumped to 2.2.4.2.

in 0.0.2.0

• Better exit codes for s6-rc-update.
• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.8.3.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.4.5.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.2.4.0.

in 0.0.1.5

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.8.2.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.4.4.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.2.3.1.

in 0.0.1.4

• No functional changes.

in 0.0.1.3

• No functional changes.

in 0.0.1.2

• GNU make dependency pushed back to 3.81.
• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.8.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.4.2.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.2.2.0.

in 0.0.1.1

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.7.1.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.4.1.
• s6 dependency bumped to 2.2.1.1.

in 0.0.1.0

• Initial release.