From eb10a76494542fb560efd09c16b40826fc37bc5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 01:39:51 +0200 Subject: docs: add terse distribution porting guide --- DISTRO_PORTING | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 DISTRO_PORTING (limited to 'DISTRO_PORTING') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf