From d22d77590c8d7eae813913d868654fad787498f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:30:57 +0000
Subject:  Add -E | -e options to live install; fix configure

---
 configure                                         | 3 +--
 doc/index.html                                    | 4 ++--
 package/configure-snippets/configure_case_lines   | 2 +-
 package/configure-snippets/configure_help_options | 1 -
 src/s6-frontend/live.help.txt                     | 4 +++-
 src/s6-frontend/live_install.c                    | 6 +++++-
 6 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1b19145..40ead18 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ Optional features:
   --disable-s6li                do not use s6-linux-init functionality [enabled]
   --enable-util-linux           use util-linux functionality [disabled]
 
-  --with-conf-file=FILE         default configuration file for s6 command [SYSCONFDIR/s6-frontend.conf]
   --with-store-list=LIST        list of service stores [PREFIX/share/s6-frontend/s6-rc/sources:SYSCONFDIR/s6-frontend/s6-rc/sources]
   --with-default-bundle=NAME    name of the bundle started at boot [s6-rc default: default]
 
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ for arg ; do
     --repodir=*) repodir=${arg#*=} ;;
     --bootdb=*) bootdb=${arg#*=} ;;
     --stmpdir=*) stmpdir=${arg#*=} ;;
-    --with-conf-file=*) conffile=${arg#*=} ;;
+    --conffile=*) conffile=${arg#*=} ;;
     --with-store-list=*) storelist=${arg#*=} ;;
     --with-default-bundle=*) defbundle=${arg#*=} ;;
     --enable-nsss|--enable-nsss=yes) usensss=true ;;
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index 6213b68..18df7e8 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ parts of an s6-based system.
  <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/execline/">execline</a> version
 2.9.8.1 or later </li>
  <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6/">s6</a> version
-2.14.0.0 or later </li>
+2.14.0.1 or later </li>
  <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/">s6-rc</a> version
 0.6.0.0 or later </li>
  <li> Optional: <a href="//skarnet.org/software/nsss/">nsss</a> version
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ the shared version of the skarnet library. </li>
 
 <ul>
  <li> The current released version of s6-frontend is
-<a href="s6-frontend-0.0.1.0.tar.gz">0.0.1.0</a>. <strong><red>(unavailable while in development)</red></strong>
+<a href="s6-frontend-0.0.1.0.tar.gz">0.0.1.0</a>.
 You can access its checksum <a href="s6-frontend-0.0.1.0.tar.gz.sha256">here</a>. </li>
  <li> Alternatively, you can checkout a copy of the
 <a href="//git.skarnet.org/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/s6-frontend/">s6-frontend
diff --git a/package/configure-snippets/configure_case_lines b/package/configure-snippets/configure_case_lines
index 94c1202..96ded94 100644
--- a/package/configure-snippets/configure_case_lines
+++ b/package/configure-snippets/configure_case_lines
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     --repodir=*) repodir=${arg#*=} ;;
     --bootdb=*) bootdb=${arg#*=} ;;
     --stmpdir=*) stmpdir=${arg#*=} ;;
-    --with-conf-file=*) conffile=${arg#*=} ;;
+    --conffile=*) conffile=${arg#*=} ;;
     --with-store-list=*) storelist=${arg#*=} ;;
     --with-default-bundle=*) defbundle=${arg#*=} ;;
     --enable-nsss|--enable-nsss=yes) usensss=true ;;
diff --git a/package/configure-snippets/configure_help_options b/package/configure-snippets/configure_help_options
index c36b3ed..1f4150d 100644
--- a/package/configure-snippets/configure_help_options
+++ b/package/configure-snippets/configure_help_options
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   --disable-s6li                do not use s6-linux-init functionality [enabled]
   --enable-util-linux           use util-linux functionality [disabled]
 
-  --with-conf-file=FILE         default configuration file for s6 command [SYSCONFDIR/s6-frontend.conf]
   --with-store-list=LIST        list of service stores [PREFIX/share/s6-frontend/s6-rc/sources:SYSCONFDIR/s6-frontend/s6-rc/sources]
   --with-default-bundle=NAME    name of the bundle started at boot [s6-rc default: default]
 
diff --git a/src/s6-frontend/live.help.txt b/src/s6-frontend/live.help.txt
index 3d4a9aa..4fb8e95 100644
--- a/src/s6-frontend/live.help.txt
+++ b/src/s6-frontend/live.help.txt
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ s6 live start, s6 live stop, s6 live restart, s6 live stop-everything options:
 s6 live install options:
   -b		--block			on contention, wait rather than fail
   -K		--keep-old		keep the old db and write its path to stdout
+  -e		--force-essentials	stop old essential services if needed (default)
+  -E		--no-force-essentials	keep obsolete essential services up
   -f FILE	--conversion-file=FILE	use a conversion file from current to new set
 		--init			install the initial db. DO NOT USE WHEN LIVE.
 
 s6 live start-everything options:
   -n		--dry-run		only show what would be done, don't do it
   -t TIMEOUT	--timeout=TIMEOUT	if not done after TIMEOUT milliseconds, abort
-  -D BUN	--default-bundle=BUN	name of the bundle to start
+  -D BUN	--default-bundle=BUN	name of the bundle to start ("default")
 
diff --git a/src/s6-frontend/live_install.c b/src/s6-frontend/live_install.c
index e83be20..6ab0780 100644
--- a/src/s6-frontend/live_install.c
+++ b/src/s6-frontend/live_install.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ enum golb_e
   GOLB_BLOCK = 0x01,
   GOLB_KEEPOLD = 0x02,
   GOLB_INIT = 0x04,
+  GOLB_NOFORCEESSENTIALS = 0x08,
 } ;
 
 enum gola_e
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ void live_install (char const *const *argv)
     { .so = 'b', .lo = "block", .clear = 0, .set = GOLB_BLOCK },
     { .so = 'K', .lo = "keep-old", .clear = 0, .set = GOLB_KEEPOLD },
     { .so = 0, .lo = "init", .clear = 0, .set = GOLB_INIT },
+    { .so = 'e', .lo = "force-essentials", .clear = GOLB_NOFORCEESSENTIALS, .set = 0 },
+    { .so = 'E', .lo = "no-force-essentials", .clear = 0, .set = GOLB_NOFORCEESSENTIALS },
   } ;
   static gol_arg const rgola[] =
   {
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ void live_install (char const *const *argv)
   uint64_t wgolb = 0 ;
   unsigned int m = 0 ;
   char const *wgola[GOLA_N] = { 0 } ;
-  char const *newargv[17] ;
+  char const *newargv[18] ;
   char fmtv[UINT_FMT] ;
 
   argv += GOL_argv(argv, rgolb, rgola, &wgolb, wgola) ;
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ void live_install (char const *const *argv)
   
   if (wgolb & GOLB_BLOCK) newargv[m++] = "-b" ;
   if (wgolb & GOLB_KEEPOLD) newargv[m++] = "-K" ;
+  newargv[m++] = wgolb & GOLB_NOFORCEESSENTIALS ? "-E" : "-e" ;
   if (wgola[GOLA_CONVFILE])
   {
     newargv[m++] = "-f" ;
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