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OpenRC is a dependency-based init system that works with the
system-provided init program, normally `/sbin/init`.
-## Installation
+## building and installing
+
+OpenRC uses the [meson](http://mesonbuild.com) build system, so use the
+usual methods for this build system to build and install.
+
+The old build system is still available for the 0.44.x branch, but it
+will be removed for the next release. The previous documentation is
+below.
+
+## Installation (historical)
OpenRC requires GNU make.
@@ -13,7 +22,7 @@ executed using this command:
`make install`
-## Configuration
+## Configuration (historical)
You may wish to configure the installation by passing one or more of the
below arguments to the make command