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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..855259930e --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ + ./configure + --prefix= + "/usr" - prefix for man pages, include files + --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 + --enable-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. + +The default configuration for a RPM spec file may look like: + --prefix=%{_prefix} + --exec-prefix="" + --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} + --with-libdir-name=%{_lib} + +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. + +It is recommended to use the /lib/udev/devices/ directory to place +device nodes, directories and symlinks, which are copied to /dev/ +at every bootup. That way, nodes for devices which can not be +detected automatically, or are activated on-demand by opening the +pre-existing device node, will be available. + +Default udev rules and persistent device naming rules are required +by other software that depends on the data udev collects from the +devices, and should therefore be installed by default with every udev +installation. |