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diff --git a/docs/HACKING.md b/docs/HACKING.md index 7982be34d0..3131597c22 100644 --- a/docs/HACKING.md +++ b/docs/HACKING.md @@ -34,13 +34,10 @@ possible, however. In order to simplify testing for cases like this we provide a set of `mkosi` build files directly in the source tree. `mkosi` is a tool for building clean OS images from an upstream distribution in combination with a fresh build of the project in the local working directory. To make use of this, -please acquire `mkosi` from https://github.com/systemd/mkosi first, unless your -distribution has packaged it already and you can get it from there. After the -tool is installed, symlink the settings file for your distribution of choice -from .mkosi/ to mkosi.default in the project root directory (note that the -package manager for this distro needs to be installed on your host system). -After doing that, it is sufficient to type `mkosi` in the systemd project -directory to generate a disk image `image.raw` you can boot either in +please install the `mkosi` package (if not packaged for your distro, it can be +downloaded from https://github.com/systemd/mkosi). `mkosi` will build an image +for the host distro by default. It is sufficient to type `mkosi` in the systemd +project directory to generate a disk image `image.raw` you can boot either in `systemd-nspawn` or in an UEFI-capable VM: ``` |