X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=6b0eb51ecd7c0bfa107a4f44cce04f46077b0ed6;hp=aed27159809ef22867a3b160d5b6cb5a6f826a93;hb=64661ee70d5a10c6208a1cb66ecd8b158e2d8bc5;hpb=fc7a744cc44cdb80bf9bc6304fc3f80ca2cb65f9 diff --git a/README b/README index aed271598..6b0eb51ec 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 @@ -26,27 +26,32 @@ BUG REPORTS: AUTHOR: Lennart Poettering with major support from Kay Sievers +LICENSE: + GPLv2+ for all code, except sd-daemon.[ch] and + sd-readahead.[ch] which are MIT + 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 + libudev >= 172 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 + gperf make, gcc, and similar tools During runtime you need the following dependencies: @@ -56,6 +61,19 @@ REQUIREMENTS: plymouth (optional) dracut (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 resolveable + 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 accomodate 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 symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a @@ -63,7 +81,7 @@ WARNINGS: 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 seperate partition many of its + 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 @@ -72,6 +90,9 @@ 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 + ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES: ProFUSION offers professional engineering and consulting services for systemd for embedded