X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=b7b0db763e0db7ddba1557dd0b3c3057d1c2f9af;hp=aed27159809ef22867a3b160d5b6cb5a6f826a93;hb=7aaa27f2196a96411006fb8afa5718ed0ea88544;hpb=fc7a744cc44cdb80bf9bc6304fc3f80ca2cb65f9 diff --git a/README b/README index aed271598..b7b0db763 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ BUG REPORTS: AUTHOR: Lennart Poettering with major support from Kay Sievers +LICENSE: + GPLv2+ for all code, except sd-daemon.[ch] which is MIT + REQUIREMENTS: Linux kernel >= 2.6.30 (with devtmpfs, cgroups; optional but strongly recommended: autofs4, ipv6) - libudev >= 163 + libudev >= 172 dbus >= 1.4.0 libcap gtk+ >= 2.20 (optional) @@ -56,6 +59,14 @@ 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. + 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 +74,7 @@ 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 +83,9 @@ 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