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@@ -1,36 +1,49 @@ +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/ |