man: prettify systemctl(1)

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-systemd System and Session Manager
+systemd System and Service Manager
 
 DETAILS:
         http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ WEB SITE:
         http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
 
 GIT:
-        git://anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd
-        ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/systemd
+        git://anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd
+        ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/systemd/systemd
 
 GITWEB:
-        http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/
+        http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd
 
 MAILING LIST:
         http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
@@ -24,37 +24,74 @@ BUG REPORTS:
         https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=systemd
 
 AUTHOR:
-        Lennart Poettering with major support from Kay Sievers
+        Lennart Poettering
+        Kay Sievers
+        ...and many others
+
+LICENSE:
+        LGPLv2.1+ for all code
+        - except sd-daemon.[ch] and sd-readahead.[ch] which are MIT
+        - except src/udev/ which is GPLv2.0+
 
 REQUIREMENTS:
-        Linux kernel >= 2.6.30 (with devtmpfs, cgroups; optional but strongly recommended: autofs4, ipv6)
-        libudev >= 163
+        Linux kernel >= 2.6.39
+                with devtmpfs
+                with cgroups (but it's OK to disable all controllers)
+                optional but strongly recommended: autofs4, ipv6
         dbus >= 1.4.0
         libcap
-        gtk+ >= 2.20 (optional)
+        libblkid >= 2.20 (from util-linux) (optional)
+        libkmod >= 5 (optional)
         PAM >= 1.1.2 (optional)
         libcryptsetup (optional)
         libaudit (optional)
+        libacl (optional)
+        libattr (optional)
         libselinux (optional)
+        liblzma (optional)
         tcpwrappers (optional)
-        libnotify (optional)
+        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)
+
+        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 you build from git you need the following additional dependencies:
+        When building from git you need the following additional dependencies:
 
-        vala >= 0.10
         docbook-xsl
         xsltproc
         automake
         autoconf
         libtool
-        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)
-        plymouth (optional)
-        dracut (optional)
+        intltool
+        gperf
+        gtkdocize (optional)
+        python (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 resolvable
+        under all circumstances. In fact, systemd-hostnamed will warn
+        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.
 
 WARNINGS:
         systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a
@@ -72,6 +109,14 @@ WARNINGS:
         about this, since this kind of file system setup is not really
         supported anymore by the basic set of Linux OS components.
 
+        For more information on this issue consult
+        http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
+
+        To run systemd under valgrind, compile with VALGRIND defined
+        (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 <http://profusion.mobi> offers professional
         engineering and consulting services for systemd for embedded