diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5529f2f2..9c543150 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -438,10 +438,46 @@ plugin. Building -------- -The finit build system does not employ the GNU Configure and Build -System, instead standard makefiles are used. The user is encouraged to -make source code changes, use defines and conditionally building plugins -instead to alter the behavior of finit. +Finit comes with a lightweight configure script to control which +features to enable an plugins to build. Below are a few of the main +switches to configure: + +* `--prefix=`: Base prefix path for all files, except `--sbindir` and + `--sysconfdir`. Used in concert with the `DESTDIR` variable. + + Defaults to `/usr`. + +* `--sbindir=`: Path to where resulting binaries should install to. Used + in concert with the `DESTDIR` variable. + + Defaults to `/sbin`. + +* `--sysconfdir=`: Path to where finit configuration files should + install to. Used in concert with the `DESTDIR` variable. + + Defaults to `/etc`, but is currently unused. + +* `--plugindir=`: Absolute path to where finit should search for + dynamically loadable plugins at runtime. Can also be controlled + with the `--libdir` switch. + + Defaults to `/lib/finit/plugins`. + +* `--with-plugins=`: List of stock finit plugins to build and install. + The build system adds `.o` or `.so` extension to the listed plugins + depending on the `--enable-static` switch. + +* `--enable-embedded`: Target finit for BusyBox getty and mdev instead + of a standard Linux distribution with GNU tools and udev. + +* `--enable-debug`: Add GDB symbols and disable code optimization. + +* `--enable-static`: Build Finit statically. The plugins will be + built-in (.o files) instead. Note: very untested and not all plugins + can be built static. It is recommended to use `--with-plugins` and + select only the plugins really needed. + +* `--disable-inetd`: Disables the built-in inetd server. The following environment variables are checked by the makefiles and control what is built and where resulting binaries are installed. @@ -461,29 +497,6 @@ control what is built and where resulting binaries are installed. * `LDLIBS=`: Default `LIBLIBS` are inherited from the environment. -* `prefix=`: Base prefix path for all files, except `sbindir` and - `sysconfdir`. Used in concert with the `DESTDIR` variable. - - Defaults to `/usr`. - -* `sbindir=`: Path to where resulting binaries should install to. Used - in concert with the `DESTDIR` variable. - - Defaults to `/sbin`. - -* `sysconfdir=`: Path to where finit configuration files should install - to. Used in concert with the `DESTDIR` variable. - - Defaults to `/etc`, but is currently unused. - -* `PLUGINS=`: List of stock finit plugins to build and install. - -* `plugindir=`: Absolute path to where finit should look for dynamically - loadable plugins at runtime. At installation prepended by `DESTDIR` - and `prefix`. - - Defaults to `/lib/finit/plugins`. - * `DESTDIR=`: Used by packagers and distributions when building a relocatable bundle of files. Always prepended to the `prefix` destination directory. @@ -492,12 +505,12 @@ control what is built and where resulting binaries are installed. First, unpack the archive: -$ tar xfJ finit-1.3.tar.xz; cd finit-1.3/ +$ tar xfJ finit-1.13.tar.xz; cd finit-1.13/ -Then build and install: - -$ PLUGINS="initctl.so hwclock.so" DESTDIR=/tmp/finit make install +Then configure, build and install: + $ ./configure --with-plugins="initctl.so hwclock.so" + $ make CC finit.o CC conf.o CC helpers.o @@ -510,18 +523,22 @@ Then build and install: PLUGIN plugins/initctl.so CC plugins/hwclock.o PLUGIN plugins/hwclock.so + $ DESTDIR=/tmp/finit make install INSTALL /tmp/finit/sbin/finit INSTALL /tmp/finit/lib/finit/plugins/initctl.so INSTALL /tmp/finit/lib/finit/plugins/hwclock.so -In this example the [finit-1.3.tar.xz][10] archive is unpacked to the -user's home directory, built and installed to a temporary staging -directory. The environment variables `DESTDIR` and `PLUGINS` are -changed to suit this particular build. +In this example the [finit-1.13.tar.xz][10] archive is unpacked to the +user's home directory, configured, built and installed to a temporary +staging directory. The environment variable `DESTDIR` controls the +destination directory when installing, very useful for building binary +standalone packages. To target an embedded Linux system, usally a system that use BusyBox -tools instead of udev & C:o, add `CPPGLAGS="-DEMBEDDED_SYSTEM"` to the -build command above. +tools instead of udev & C:o, add `--enable-embedded` to the configure +command above. + +For more configure flags, see ./configure --help **Note:** If you run into problems starting Finit, take a look at `finit.c`. One of the most common problems is a custom Linux kernel @@ -575,7 +592,7 @@ for bug fixes and proposed extensions. [7]: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ [8]: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/openrc/ [9]: https://github.com/troglobit/troglos -[10]: ftp://troglobit.com/finit/finit-1.3.tar.xz +[10]: ftp://troglobit.com/finit/finit-1.13.tar.xz [run-parts(8)]: http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=run-parts [original finit]: http://helllabs.org/finit/ [EeePC fastinit]: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/boot_process:the_boot_process