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@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@ -OpenRC README +# OpenRC README +OpenRC is a dependency-based init system that works with the +system-provided init program, normally `/sbin/init`. Currently, it does +not have an init program of its own. + +## Installation + +OpenRC requires GNU make. + +Once you have GNU Make installed, the default OpenRC installation can be +executed using this command: -Installation ------------- make install -Yup, that simple. Works with GNU make. -You may wish to tweak the installation with the below arguments +## Configuration + +You may wish to configure the installation by passing one or more of the +below arguments to the make command + PROGLDFLAGS=-static LIBNAME=lib64 DESTDIR=/tmp/openrc-image @@ -22,45 +33,63 @@ MKTOOLS=yes PKG_PREFIX=/usr/pkg LOCAL_PREFIX=/usr/local PREFIX=/usr/local +BRANDING=\"Gentoo/$(uname -s)\" + +## Notes We don't support building a static OpenRC with PAM. -You may need to use PROGLDFLAGS=-Wl,-Bstatic on glibc instead of just -static. -If you debug memory under valgrind, add -DDEBUG_MEMORY to your CPPFLAGS -so that all malloc memory should be freed at exit. -If you are building OpenRC for a Gentoo Prefix installation, add -MKPREFIX=yes. -You can also brand OpenRC if you so wish like so -BRANDING=\"Gentoo/$(uname -s)\" +You may need to use `PROGLDFLAGS=-Wl,-Bstatic` on glibc instead of just `-static`. + +If you debug memory under valgrind, add `-DDEBUG_MEMORY` +to your `CPPFLAGS` so that all malloc memory should be freed at exit. + +If you are building OpenRC for a Gentoo Prefix installation, add `MKPREFIX=yes`. + +`PKG_PREFIX` should be set to where packages install to by default. + +`LOCAL_PREFIX` should be set when to where user maintained packages are. +Only set `LOCAL_PREFIX` if different from `PKG_PREFIX`. -PKG_PREFIX should be set to where packages install to by default. -LOCAL_PREFIX should be set when to where user maintained packages are. -Only set LOCAL_PREFIX if different from PKG_PREFIX. -PREFIX should be set when OpenRC is not installed to /. +`PREFIX` should be set when OpenRC is not installed to /. If any of the following files exist then we do not overwrite them + /etc/devd.conf /etc/rc /etc/rc.shutdown /etc/conf.d/* -rc and rc.shutdown are the hooks from the BSD init into OpenRC. -devd.conf is modified from FreeBSD to call /etc/rc.devd which is a generic -hook into OpenRC. -inittab is the same, but for SysVInit as used by most Linux distributions. +`rc` and `rc.shutdown` are the hooks from the BSD init into OpenRC. + +`devd.conf` is modified from FreeBSD to call `/etc/rc.devd` which is a +generic hook into OpenRC. + +`inittab` is the same, but for SysVInit as used by most Linux distributions. This can be found in the support folder. -Obviously, if you're installing this onto a system that does not use OpenRC -by default then you may wish to backup the above listed files, remove them -and then install so that the OS hooks into OpenRC. - -init.d.misc is not installed by default as the scripts will need -tweaking on a per distro basis. They are also non essential to the operation -of the system. - -Reporting Bugs --------------- -Since Gentoo Linux is hosting OpenRC development, Bugs should go to -the Gentoo Bugzilla: - http://bugs.gentoo.org/ -They should be filed under the "Gentoo Hosted Projects" product and -the "openrc" component. + +Obviously, if you're installing this onto a system that does not use +OpenRC by default then you may wish to backup the above listed files, +remove them and then install so that the OS hooks into OpenRC. + +`init.d.misc` is not installed by default as the scripts will need +tweaking on a per distro basis. They are also non essential to the +operation of the system. + +## Reporting Bugs + +If you are using Gentoo Linux, bugs can be filed on their bugzilla under +the "gentoo hosted projects" product and the "openrc" component [1]. +Otherwise, you can report issues on our github [2]. + +Better yet, if you can contribute code, please feel free to submit pull +requests [3]. + +## IRC Channel + +We have an official irc channel, #openrc on freenode, feel free to join +us there. + +[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/ +[2] https://github.com/openrc/openrc/issues +[3] https://github.com/openrc/openrc/pulls |