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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2026-01-18 05:36:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2026-01-18 05:36:49 +0000 |
| commit | fcaf7cff449863eefde42b3d8b71c1dda780a88a (patch) | |
| tree | 6f531b4ac75a74e40e1140cce90269355458509c | |
| parent | 6042c85e7ed2c03be582857d1dd40135dadb0723 (diff) | |
| download | s6-frontend-fcaf7cff449863eefde42b3d8b71c1dda780a88a.tar.gz | |
Add some explanation of masking
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diff --git a/doc/s6_set.html b/doc/s6_set.html index fd20775..08857d7 100644 --- a/doc/s6_set.html +++ b/doc/s6_set.html @@ -188,7 +188,11 @@ default. </dd> thing: they move the services listed in <em>services...</em> from their current subs to another. <ul> - <li> <tt>mask</tt> masks the services. </li> + <li> <tt>mask</tt> masks the services. Masking means that the service will not appear in the live +service database <em>at all</em>, it will not be listed, it will not be usable until it is unmasked in +a new working set that is subsequently committed and installed. Masking is useful when the stores +provide services that come from random installed packages, and the user never wants to run these +services and it's just better not to see them. </li> <li> <tt>unmask</tt> and <tt>disable</tt> put the services in the <tt>usable</tt> sub, i.e. unmasked and disabled. </li> <li> <tt>enable</tt> enables the services. </li> <li> <tt>make-essential</tt> enables the services and marks them as essential. This command should normally not |