X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=96fdc5f3152462649190cff3d1038ac6fd4c0f50;hp=430d091804837752ccfdac084adec5720264ef43;hb=f1779fd27b49d7ac9e04e0e83daf5f5f3efd9d8a;hpb=647f1fafb5f456b80bb799d07d345ce7fd2308ee diff --git a/README b/README index 430d09180..96fdc5f31 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -27,10 +27,60 @@ AUTHOR: Lennart Poettering with major support from Kay Sievers REQUIREMENTS: - Linux kernel >= 2.6.30 (with autofs4, devtmpfs, cgroups) - libudev >= 151 - libcgroup >= 0.35 - vala >= 0.80 - gtk+ >= 2.20 - dbus >= 1.2.24 + Linux kernel >= 2.6.30 (with devtmpfs, cgroups; optional but strongly recommended: autofs4, ipv6) + libudev >= 163 + dbus >= 1.4.0 libcap + gtk+ >= 2.20 (optional) + PAM >= 1.1.2 (optional) + libcryptsetup (optional) + libaudit (optional) + libselinux (optional) + tcpwrappers (optional) + libnotify (optional) + + When you build 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) + +WARNINGS: + systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a + symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a + proper symlink. + + systemd will warn you during boot if /usr is on a different + file system than /. While in systemd itself very little will + break if /usr is on a separate partition many of its + dependencies very likely will break sooner or later in one + form or another. For example udev rules tend to refer to + binaries in /usr, binaries that link to libraries in /usr or + binaries that refer to data files in /usr. Since these + breakages are not always directly visible systemd will warn + 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 + +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.