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Port details
s6-frontend Frontend to the s6 init system
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Maintainer: crest@rlwinm.de search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-04-27 00:08:45
Last Update: 2026-04-27 00:01:10
Commit Hash: a37192b
License: ISCL
WWW:
https://www.skarnet.org/software/s6-frontend/
Description:
s6-rc is a service manager for s6-based systems, i.e. a suite of programs that can start and stop services, both long-running daemons and one-time initialization scripts, in the proper order according to a dependency tree. It ensures that long-running daemons are supervised by the s6 infrastructure, and that one-time scripts are also run in a controlled environment.
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • s6-frontend>0:sysutils/s6-frontend
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/s6-frontend/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/s6-frontend
  • pkg install s6-frontend
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: s6-frontend
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • hier: s6-frontend
  • run: s6-frontend-run
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1769445127 SHA256 (s6-frontend-0.0.1.1.tar.gz) = 2c1ac4f64b04400cd7c81cd9be222be52b07b7d8955a876b9f9f3f8c2328dfeb SIZE (s6-frontend-0.0.1.1.tar.gz) = 56413

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
s6-frontend
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FreeBSD:16:latest-0.0.1.1n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. execline>=2.9.8.1 : lang/execline
  2. skalibs>=2.14.5.1 : devel/skalibs
  3. s6>=2.14.0.1 : sysutils/s6
  4. s6-rc>=0.6.0.0 : sysutils/s6-rc
  5. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
Runtime dependencies:
  1. execline>=2.9.8.1 : lang/execline
  2. skalibs>=2.14.5.1 : devel/skalibs
  3. s6>=2.14.0.1 : sysutils/s6
  4. s6-rc>=0.6.0.0 : sysutils/s6-rc
Library dependencies:
  1. libs6.so : sysutils/s6
  2. libskarnet.so : devel/skalibs
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for s6-frontend-0.0.1.1: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
sysutils_s6-frontend
USES:
gmake
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0.0.1.1
27 Apr 2026 00:01:10
commit hash: a37192b4896e3ef9438e610cf6bf31c451ef11dccommit hash: a37192b4896e3ef9438e610cf6bf31c451ef11dccommit hash: a37192b4896e3ef9438e610cf6bf31c451ef11dccommit hash: a37192b4896e3ef9438e610cf6bf31c451ef11dc files touched by this commit
Robert Clausecker (fuz) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Jan Bramkamp
sysutils/s6-frontend: Frontend to the s6 init system

s6-frontend is a frontend to the s6 init system.
It provides the one-stop-shop s6 command,
that is used to address every part of the s6 init system.

WWW: https://www.skarnet.org/software/s6-frontend/

Event:		Wiesbaden Hackathon 202604

Number of commits found: 1