X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=581e84598e7d14ec6ba130363fee2e00278b37a6;hp=a1d100c6343c8db930dba796e89a355ff3a24b2f;hb=af9792ac7f39354f80e9006c42c2400c5e41c447;hpb=ed1c99fcc13f279eccf25fc20427eb92867da245 diff --git a/README b/README index a1d100c63..581e84598 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 +24,68 @@ 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: - When you build from git 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) + + 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. Packagers are encouraged to + add a dependency on nss-myhostname to the package that + includes systemd-hostnamed. + + 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 +103,14 @@ 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 offers professional engineering and consulting services for systemd for embedded