How to install service-config

service-config comes with NO WARRANTY.

System requirements

service-config works only under UNIX, and requires daemontools.

Download the service-config package. The most recent service-config package is service-config 0.51.

Unpack the service-config package:

  gunzip service-config-0.51.tar
  tar -xf service-config-0.51.tar
  cd service-config-0.51

Compile the service-config programs:

  make

As root, install the service-config programs under /usr/local:

  make setup check

As nonroot, run some tests. The tests require daemontools. Normally, this produces no output:

  make test

If the tests fail, manually compare their output with the expected results:

  ./rts >rts.out
  diff rts.out rts.exp

Report successful installation:

  ( echo 'First M. Last'; cat `cat SYSDEPS` ) \
  | mail web-inst@superscript.com

replacing First M. Last with your name.