[artix-general] [s6] How to migrate from legacy s6-rc-bundle with default+boot bundles to new contents.d

[Dudemanguy]

On 2/2/22 06:40, Colin S wrote:> What is the situation now, under the 
new system, with respect to srv/log
> service pairs?
> 
> Using sshd just as an example, service directories for sshd-srv and 
> sshd-log exist in /etc/s6/sv having been installed by package 
> openssh-s6. However my compiled database also contains a bundle called 
> sshd with these two as its only contents for which no corresponding 
> source directory exists. This bundle would seem to have been generated 
> at some point. Was this treated as a special case and the bundle created 
> automatically? If so, does this still happen?
> 
> When migrating to the new regime, what are the correct entries to make 
> in /etc/s6/adminsv/default/contents.d in order to start sshd on boot? 
> Would sshd alone work or are both sshd-srv and sshd-log required?
> 
> Presumably one could always recreate the existing situation in compiled 
> by using a custom sshd bundle in adminsv if that isn't done 
> automatically anyway somehow. There are quite a few -s6 packages which 
> have a similar structure, so it would be tidier not to have to make 
> doubled-up entries for each if that were possible.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Colin

Oh, sshd is defined as a pipeline name in s6-rc. If you look in
/etc/s6/sv/sshd-log, you'll see a file named "pipeline-name" which has
"sshd" in it. This is how it's created (and indeed it's considered a
bundle). You can just touch "sshd" in the contents.d directory and that
will work just fine.