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 /GRTAGS
 /GSYMS
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-/contrib/*
 /autom4te.cache/*
 /aclocal.m4
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diff --git a/contrib/alpine/README.md b/contrib/alpine/README.md
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+HowTo: Finit on Alpine Linux 3.4
+=================================
+
+This is a mini-howto for booting a very basic Alpine Linux with Finit.
+It is assumed that the user has already installed a compiler, C library
+header files, and other tools needed to build a GNU configure based
+project.
+
+To start with you need to first install [libuEv][] and [libite][], by
+default they install to `/usr/local` and Alpine's `pkg-config` does not
+look for libraries and header files there.  So the `PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR`
+environment variable has to be used:
+
+	alpine:~/finit# PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure \
+		--enable-embedded --enable-rw-rootfs --enable-inetd-echo-plugin    \
+		--enable-inetd-chargen-plugin --enable-inetd-daytime-plugin        \
+		--enable-inetd-discard-plugin --enable-inetd-time-plugin           \
+		--with-heading="Alpine Linux 3.4" --with-hostname=alpine
+
+The plugins are optional, but the other configure flags are *not*.
+
+    alpine:~/finit# make all install
+
+The installation will skip setting up `/sbin/init`, because it already
+exists, and Alpine is hard coded to use it.  So you have to change the
+symlink yourself to point to `finit` instead of `/bin/busybox`.
+
+Before rebooting, make sure to install `/etc/finit.conf` and the glue
+`/etc/rc.local` from this directory -- check them both if they need to
+be tweaked for your installation, you may not run Dropbear SSH or speak
+Swedish ...
+
diff --git a/contrib/alpine/finit.conf b/contrib/alpine/finit.conf
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@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Sample finit.conf for booting Alpine Linux 3.4
+#
+
+# Devices to fsck at boot
+check /dev/vda1
+
+# Runlevel to start after bootstrap, runlevel 'S'
+runlevel 2
+
+# Network bringup script
+network /sbin/ifup -a
+
+#task [S] /etc/ -- Setting up preliminary keymap
+
+# Services to be monitored and respawned as needed
+service [2345] /sbin/klogd -n              -- Kernel logging server
+service [2345] /sbin/syslogd -n            -- Syslog server
+service [2345] /usr/sbin/dropbear -R -F -p 22         -- Dropbear SSH daemon
+service [2345] /usr/sbin/crond -f -S -c /etc/crontabs -- Cron daemon
+service [2345] log /usr/sbin/ntpd -n -N -p pool.ntp.org
+#service [2345] /sbin/acpid -f                         -- ACPI daemon
+
+# Virtual consoles to start getty on
+tty /dev/tty1
+tty /dev/tty2
+tty /dev/tty3
+#console /dev/tty1
+
diff --git a/contrib/alpine/rc.local b/contrib/alpine/rc.local
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+zcat /etc/keymap/sv-latin1.bmap.gz | loadkmap