X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=0a34e77df2a272cbd3a4d75e8ed00fb8d8647830;hp=cc877be1a0ba2c32e8ea2026d58e97ad0514fae8;hb=6997e3b2dc0095985071e2f7496342a850cdb5ad;hpb=c9e6dc553b218d06170863f17f4c82c77ca28f81 diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index cc877be1a..0a34e77df 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1 +1,44 @@ -Read the README file for how to install udev. +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 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 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 + +Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin'. A symlink to udevadm in 'bin' +needs to be manually created if needed. + +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 may be required +by other software that depends on the data udev collects from the +devices.