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@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@ libseccomp: An Enhanced Seccomp (mode 2) Helper Library =============================================================================== -http://libseccomp.sf.net +https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp -The libseccomp library provides and easy to use, platform independent, -interface to the Linux Kernel's syscall filtering mechanism: seccomp. The -libseccomp API is designed to abstract away the underlying BPF based syscall -filter language and present a more conventional function-call based filtering +The libseccomp library provides an easy to use, platform independent, interface +to the Linux Kernel's syscall filtering mechanism: seccomp. The libseccomp +API is designed to abstract away the underlying BPF based syscall filter +language and present a more conventional function-call based filtering interface that should be familiar to, and easily adopted by application developers. * Documentation -The "doc/" directory contains all of the documentation aside from the README -file (this file) and the LICENSE file which can be found in the top level -directory. +The "doc/" directory contains all of the currently available documentation, +mostly in the form of manpages. The top level directory also contains a README +file (this file) as well as the LICENSE, CREDITS, SUBMITTING_PATCHES, and +CHANGELOG files. Those who are interested in contributing to the the project are encouraged to read the SUBMITTING_PATCHES in the top level directory. @@ -21,8 +22,7 @@ read the SUBMITTING_PATCHES in the top level directory. * Building and Installing the Library In order to build the library you should follow the familiar three step -process used by most applications which leverage autotools for the build -process: +process used by most autotools based applications: # ./configure # make [V=0|1] @@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ output. * Other Useful Tools The "tools/" directory includes a number of tools which may be helpful in the -development of the library, or applications using the library, but for various -reasons are not installed by default. +development of the library, or applications using the library. Not all of +these tools are installed by default. |