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| -rw-r--r-- | DISTRO_PORTING | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile.am | 3 |
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diff --git a/DISTRO_PORTING b/DISTRO_PORTING new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..419053832d --- /dev/null +++ b/DISTRO_PORTING @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Porting systemd To New Distributions + + You need to make the follow changes to adapt systemd to your + distribution: + + 0) Make your distribution recognized via the autoconf checks + in configure.ac. Grep for the word "fedora" (case + insensitively) and you should be able to find the places where + you need to add/change things. + + 1) Patch src/hostname-setup.c so that systemd knows where to + read your host name from. + + 2) Check the unit files in units/ if they match your + distribution. Most likely you will have to make additions to + units/*.m4 and create a copy of units/fedora/ with changes for + your distribution. + + 3) Adjust Makefile.am to register the unit files you added in + step 2. Also you might need to update the m4 invocation in + Makefile.am. Grep for the word "fedora" (case insensitively) + and you should be able to find the places where you need to + add/change things. + + 4) Try it out. + +CONTRIBUTING UPSTREAM: + + We are interested in merging your changes upstream, if they + are for a big, and well-known distribution. Unfortunately we + don't have the time and resources to maintain + distribution-specific patches for all distributions on the + planet, hence please do not send us patches that adds systemd + support to non-mainstream or niche distributions. + + Thank you for understanding. diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 973c08e4ce..683a00bc0c 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \ units/systemd-logger.service.in \ units/syslog.target.in \ LICENSE \ - README + README \ + DISTRO_PORTING if TARGET_FEDORA dist_systemunit_DATA += \ |