X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=943a8a467a32790118d46042c1b28b260b96074e;hp=7894555df84d2ea9f02f34e7aef275687b56f036;hb=54da62909f1a4c91d7f603b504cf170ebb57220e;hpb=6133f3432fe86bc140cc9ba74794826f75c915fa diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 7894555df..943a8a467 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -8,34 +8,11 @@ Usual options for udev installed in the root filesystem are: --libexecdir=/lib/udev \ --with-selinux -All options: - --prefix= - Usually /usr, prefix for man pages, include files. - --sysconfdir= - Usually /etc. - --sbindir= - Usually /sbin, the place for udevd and udevadm. - --libexecdir= - Usually /lib/udev, the udev private directory. - --enable-debug - Compile-in verbose debug messages. Usually not needed, - it increases the size of the binaries. - --disable-logging - Disable all logging and compile-out all log strings. This - is not recommended, as it makes it almost impossible to debug - udev in the running system. - --with-selinux - Link against SELinux libraries to set the expected context - for created files. - --disable-extras - Disable the build of all extras which have larger external - dependencies like glib, libacl, libusb, ... - The options used in a RPM spec file usually look like: %configure \ --prefix=%{_prefix} \ --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} \ - --sbindir=%{_sbindir} \ + --sbindir=/sbin \ --libdir=%{_libdir} \ --with-rootlibdir=/%{_lib} \ --libexecdir=/lib/udev \ @@ -47,13 +24,12 @@ other location will break other packages, who rightfully expect the /lib/udev/ directory, to install their rule helper and udev rule files. -It is recommended to use the /lib/udev/devices/ directory to place +It is possible to use the /lib/udev/devices/ directory to place device nodes, directories and symlinks, which are copied to /dev/ at every bootup. That way, nodes for devices which can not be detected automatically, or are activated on-demand by opening the pre-existing device node, will be available. -Default udev rules and persistent device naming rules are required +Default udev rules and persistent device naming rules may be required by other software that depends on the data udev collects from the -devices, and should therefore be installed by default with every udev -installation. +devices.