From 82627069e93a0f75265797b0a1524fcda1e83c39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Sievers Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:40:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: mention "git archive" --- README | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 651aa98377..53220ff3f2 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS: dracut (optional) PolicyKit (optional) - When building from git, you need the following additional - dependencies: + When building from git, the following tools are needed: pkg-config docbook-xsl @@ -155,6 +154,10 @@ REQUIREMENTS: python-lxml (optional, but required to build the indices) sphinx (optional) + The build system is initialized with ./autogen.sh. A tar ball + can be created with: + git archive --format=tar --prefix=systemd-222/ v222 | xz > systemd-222.tar.xz + When systemd-hostnamed is used, it is strongly recommended to install nss-myhostname to ensure that, in a world of dynamically changing hostnames, the hostname stays resolvable