X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=0a34e77df2a272cbd3a4d75e8ed00fb8d8647830;hp=855259930e7b401b38da2d0c3eb1b5a8174f33fb;hb=d0066c7416dbdc1fa837a6418ee6d4609486ec31;hpb=01618658fd82dbc5e6315b639f00e87c6fee3c54;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 855259930..0a34e77df 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,44 +1,44 @@ - ./configure - --prefix= - "/usr" - prefix for man pages, include files - --exec-prefix= - "" - the root filesystem, prefix for libs and binaries - --sysconfdir= - "/etc" - --with-libdir-name= - "lib" - directory name for libraries, not a path name - multilib 64bit systems may use "lib64" instead of "lib" - --enable-debug - compile-in verbose debug messages - --disable-logging - disable all logging and compile-out all log strings - --enable-selinux - link against SELInux libraries to set the expected context - for created files +The options used usually look like: + %configure \ + --prefix=/usr \ + --sysconfdir=/etc \ + --bindir=/usr/bin \ + --libdir=/usr/lib64 \ + --libexecdir=/usr/lib \ + --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system \ + --with-selinux -The installation directories are controlled by $prefix, $exec_prefix -$sysconfdir and $libdir-name. Documentation, development files are -installed below $prefix, binaries are installed below $exec_prefix, -libraries below $exec_prefix/$libdir-name. +The options used in a RPM spec file look like: + %configure \ + --prefix=%{_prefix} \ + --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} \ + --bindir=%{_bindir} \ + --libdir=%{_libdir} \ + --libexecdir=%{_prefix}/lib \ + --with-systemdsystemunitdir=%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system \ + --with-selinux -The default configuration for a RPM spec file may look like: - --prefix=%{_prefix} - --exec-prefix="" - --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} - --with-libdir-name=%{_lib} +The options to install udev in the rootfs instead of /usr, +and udevadm in /sbin: + --prefix=%{_prefix} \ + --with-rootprefix= \ + --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} \ + --bindir=/sbin \ + --libdir=%{_libdir} \ + --with-rootlibdir=/lib64 \ + --libexecdir=/lib \ + --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system \ + --with-selinux -The well defined location for scripts and binaries which are called -from rules is /lib/udev/ on all systems and architectures, anything -else is broken. Other packages who use udev, may use the /lib/udev/ -directory to install their rule helper and udev rule files. +Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin'. A symlink to udevadm in 'bin' +needs to be manually created if needed. -It is recommended 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. +The defined location for scripts and binaries which are called +from rules is (/usr)/lib/udev/ on all systems and architectures. Any +other location will break other packages, who rightfully expect +the (/usr)/lib/udev/ directory, to install their rule helper and udev +rule files. -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.