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authorKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2008-08-28 22:58:03 +0200
committerKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2008-08-28 22:58:03 +0200
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treea62087caa4fbd47a1c1da9b4b7a5bdba85f89433 /INSTALL
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+Usual options for udev installed in the root filesystem are:
./configure
- --prefix=
- "/usr" - prefix for man pages, include files
+ --prefix=/usr
--exec-prefix=
- "" - the root filesystem, prefix for libs and binaries
- --sysconfdir=
- "/etc"
- --with-libdir-name=
- "lib" - directory name for libraries, not a path name
- multilib 64bit systems may use "lib64" instead of "lib"
- --enable-debug
- compile-in verbose debug messages
- --disable-logging
- disable all logging and compile-out all log strings
+ --sysconfdir=/etc
+For 64bit multilib-installations also:
+ --with-libdir-name=lib64
+For SELinux support:
--with-selinux
- link against SELInux libraries to set the expected context
- for created files
-The installation directories are controlled by $prefix, $exec_prefix
-$sysconfdir and $libdir-name. Documentation, development files are
-installed below $prefix, binaries are installed below $exec_prefix,
-libraries below $exec_prefix/$libdir-name.
+All options:
+ --prefix=
+ Prefix for man pages, include files.
+ --exec-prefix=
+ Prefix for libs, binaries, usually the root filesystem.
+ --with-udev-prefix=
+ Prefix for internal udev path names, like /dev/, /lib/udev/.
+ Only useful for testing and development installations. The
+ value is copied from exec-prefix, if not specified otherwise.
+ --sysconfdir=
+ Usually /etc.
+ --with-libdir-name=
+ Directory name for libraries. This is not a path name.
+ --enable-debug
+ Compile-in verbose debug messages. Usually not needed,
+ it increases the size of the binaries.
+ --disable-logging
+ Disable all logging and compile-out all log strings. This
+ is not recommended, as it makes it almost impossible to debug
+ udev in the running system.
+ --with-selinux
+ Link against SELInux libraries to set the expected context
+ for created files.
-The default configuration for a RPM spec file may look like:
+The options used in a RPM spec file usually look like:
--prefix=%{_prefix}
- --exec-prefix=""
+ --exec-prefix=
--sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir}
--with-libdir-name=%{_lib}
+ --with-selinux
-The well defined location for scripts and binaries which are called
-from rules is /lib/udev/ on all systems and architectures, anything
-else is broken. Other packages who use udev, may use the /lib/udev/
-directory to install their rule helper and udev rule files.
+The defined location for scripts and binaries which are called
+from rules is /lib/udev/ on all systems and architectures. Any
+other location will break other packages, who rightfully expect
+the /lib/udev/ directory, to install their rule helper and udev
+rule files.
It is recommended to use the /lib/udev/devices/ directory to place
device nodes, directories and symlinks, which are copied to /dev/