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@@ -156,21 +156,47 @@ REQUIREMENTS: dracut (optional) PolicyKit (optional) - When building from git, the following tools are needed: + Two build systems are supported: meson + ninja-build and autools + make. + + The following tools are needed with both systems: pkg-config - docbook-xsl - xsltproc + gperf >= 3.1 + docbook-xsl (optional, required for documentation) + xsltproc (optional, required for documentation) + python-lxml (optional, required to build the indices) + + When building with meson, python and ninja-build are required. + + To build in directory build/: + meson build/ && ninja -C build + + Any configuration options can be specfied as -Darg=value... arguments + to meson. After the build directory is initially configured, meson will + refuse to run again, and options must be changed with: + mesonconf -Darg=value... + mesonconf without any arguments will print out available options and + their current values. + + Useful commands: + ninja -v some/target + ninja test + sudo ninja install + DESTDIR=... ninja install + + When building with autotools, the following tools are needed: + automake autoconf libtool intltool - gperf >= 3.1 python (optional) - python-lxml (optional, but required to build the indices) - The build system is initialized with ./autogen.sh. A tar ball - can be created with: + The build system is initialized with ./autogen.sh and the usual + ./configure && make + should be used. + + A tar ball can be created with: git archive --format=tar --prefix=systemd-222/ v222 | xz > systemd-222.tar.xz When systemd-hostnamed is used, it is strongly recommended to |