s6
Software
skarnet.org

What has changed in s6

in 2.5.0.1

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.5.0.1.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.3.0.1.
• s6-ftrig-listen1 prints the last event it received to stdout.

in 2.5.0.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.5.0.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.3.0.0.
• Services can now report permanent failure by having ./finish exit 125.
• s6-svwait, s6-svlisten and s6-svlisten1 now exit 99 when they time out. They exit n when there are n services reporting permanent failure.

in 2.4.0.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.4.0.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.2.0.0.
• s6-ipcserver-socketbinder can now create datagram sockets.

in 2.3.0.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.10.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.2.5.0.
• s6-svscan now defaults to -t0 instead of -t5000.

in 2.2.4.3

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.9.0.

in 2.2.4.2

• No functional changes

in 2.2.4.1

• s6-envuidgid behaviour fixed to be compatible with 2.2.3.1 and previous releases.

in 2.2.4.0

• Additional options to s6-envuidgid for more flexibility
• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.8.3.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.4.5.

in 2.2.3.1

• No functional changes

in 2.2.3.0

• Processor scripts for s6-log now switch their working directory to the logdir they process.
• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.8.2.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.4.4.

in 2.2.2.2

• No functional changes

in 2.2.2.1

• No functional changes

in 2.2.2.0

• s6-svscan now supports the -s option for configurable signal management.
• GNU make dependency pushed back to 3.81.
• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.8.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.4.2.

in 2.2.1.1

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

in 2.2.1.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.7.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.4.0.
• s6-svc, s6-svlisten1 and s6-svlisten support new -wr and -wR options.

in 2.2.0.1

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.6.1.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.3.1.

in 2.2.0.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.6.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.3.0.
• The internals of s6-supervise have changed; the supervise/status file ABI has changed and is not compatible with the daemontools/runit supervise/status files anymore. (This should not impact anything.)
• s6-supervise features a configurable timeout for ./finish scripts, via the ./timeout-finish file.
• s6-svwait, s6-svlisten1 and s6-svlisten can now wait for a 'D' event, which means the ./finish script has terminated.
• The deprecated s6-notifywhenup program has been removed.
• The syntax for synchronous s6-svc waiting has changed.

in 2.1.6.0

• s6-svc now checks for the existence of notification-fd before accepting a U command.
• New -X option to s6-svc.
• Different meaning of SIGQUIT for s6-supervise: now the same as s6-svc -X.

in 2.1.5.0

• s6-log now exits cleanly on SIGHUP.

in 2.1.4.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.5.1.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.2.2.
• The s6-notifywhenup command has been deprecated. Race-free readiness notification can now be implemented via the notification-fd file in a service directory.

in 2.1.3.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.2.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.1.0.
• New options to s6-envuidgid.

in 2.1.2.0

• New options to s6-setsid.

in 2.1.1.2

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.1.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.1.0.0.
• Apart from that, this is a bugfix release. (The bump in dependencies is part of the bugfix.)

in 2.1.1.1

Bugfix release, no important changes.

in 2.1.1.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.3.0.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.0.2.1.
• New functionality added to s6-log. Its syntax has been extended; some options are now marked as obsolescent.
• Access control instated in s6-fdholderd for listing

in 2.1.0.1

Bugfix release, no important changes.

in 2.1.0.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.2.1.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.0.2.0.
• Unix domain socket utilities moved from the s6-networking package to s6.
• ./finish argument for "service crashed" is now 256 instead of 255. Check your finish scripts!
• supervise/status now includes wstat information when the service died, and s6-svstat reports that information.
• s6-svstat now reports symbolic signal information by default, use -n to get the old behaviour.
• s6-log now properly calls execlineb with its installation prefix, in the slashpackage case.
• New commands: s6-svlisten and s6-svlisten1, to signal a service and wait on it without race condition.
• A brand new set of programs, s6-fdholder*, to perform fd-holding.
• Catchy blurb on intro page.

in 2.0.1.0

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.2.0.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.0.1.1.
• Better readiness notification management via s6-svwait -U.

in 2.0.0.1

• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.1.0.0.

in 2.0.0.0

• The build system has completely changed. It is now a standard ./configure && make && sudo make install build system. See the enclosed INSTALL file for details.
• slashpackage is not activated by default.
• shared libraries are not used by default.
• skalibs dependency bumped to 2.0.0.0.
• execline dependency bumped to 2.0.0.0.
• s6-supervise does not create the ./event fifodir as public. Subscriptions are restricted to users having the same gid as the s6-supervise process.
• The s6-notifywhenup program is a new addition.