X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=300a4cf8bc177770511e3c5170382eb6dd51f9e6;hb=f47ec8ebb3858553dec870e1c596e39525f46360;hp=d947f27e28773c67bc4f16fe38943b6823ac81cb;hpb=fb0951b02ebf51a93acf12721d8857d31ce57ba3;p=elogind.git diff --git a/README b/README index d947f27e2..300a4cf8b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ REQUIREMENTS: optional but strongly recommended: autofs4, ipv6 dbus >= 1.4.0 libcap - libblkid >= 2.20 (from util-linux) - libkmod >= 5 + libblkid >= 2.20 (from util-linux) (optional) + libkmod >= 5 (optional) PAM >= 1.1.2 (optional) libcryptsetup (optional) - libgcrypt (optional) libaudit (optional) libacl (optional) libattr (optional) @@ -54,8 +53,24 @@ REQUIREMENTS: libgcrypt (optional) libqrencode (optional) libmicrohttpd (optional) + libpython (optional) + make, gcc, and similar tools + + During runtime you need the following additional dependencies: + + util-linux >= v2.19 (requires fsck -l, agetty -s) + sulogin (from util-linux >= 2.22 or sysvinit-tools, optional but recommended) + dracut (optional) + PolicyKit (optional) - When you build from git you need the following additional dependencies: + For systmed-bootchart a kernel with procfs support and several + proc output options enabled is required: + + CONFIG_PROC_FS + CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS + CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG + + When building from git you need the following additional dependencies: docbook-xsl xsltproc @@ -66,27 +81,38 @@ REQUIREMENTS: gperf gtkdocize (optional) python (optional) - make, gcc, and similar tools - - During runtime you need the following dependencies: - - util-linux > v2.18 (requires fsck -l, agetty -s) - sulogin (from sysvinit-tools, optional but recommended) - dracut (optional) + sphinx (optional) When systemd-hostnamed is used it is strongly recommended to install nss-myhostname to ensure that in a world of - dynamically changing hostnames the hostname stays resolveable + dynamically changing hostnames the hostname stays resolvable under all circumstances. In fact, systemd-hostnamed will warn - if nss-myhostname is not installed. Packagers are encouraged to - add a dependency on nss-myhostname to the package that - includes systemd-hostnamed. + if nss-myhostname is not installed. Note that D-Bus can link against libsystemd-login.so, which results in a cyclic build dependency. To accommodate for this please build D-Bus without systemd first, then build systemd, then rebuild D-Bus with systemd support. + To build HTML documentation for python-systemd using sphinx, + please first install systemd (using 'make install'), and then + invoke sphinx-build with 'make sphinx-', with + being 'html' or 'latexpdf'. If using DESTDIR for installation, + pass the same DESTDIR to 'make sphinx-html' invocation. + +USERS AND GROUPS: + During runtime the journal daemon requires the + "system-journal" system group to exist. New journal files will + be readable by this group (but not writable) which may be used + to grant specific users read access. + + It is also recommended to grant read access to all journal + files to the system groups "wheel" and "adm" with a command + like the following in the post installation script of the + package: + + # setfacl -nm g:wheel:rx,d:g:wheel:rx,g:adm:rx,d:g:adm:rx /var/log/journal/ + WARNINGS: systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a @@ -110,13 +136,3 @@ WARNINGS: (e.g. ./configure CPPFLAGS='... -DVALGRIND=1'). Otherwise, false positives will be triggered by code which violates some rules but is actually safe. - -ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES: - ProFUSION offers professional - engineering and consulting services for systemd for embedded - and other use. Please contact Gustavo Barbieri - for more information. - - Disclaimer: This notice is not a recommendation or official - endorsement. However, ProFUSION's upstream work has been very - beneficial for the systemd project.