Merge pull request #8223 from PowerDNS/omoerbeek-patch-1

[thirdparty/pdns.git] / README.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PowerDNS is copyright © 2001-2019 by PowerDNS.COM BV and lots of
 contributors, using the GNU GPLv2 license (see NOTICE for the
 exact license and exception used).
 
-All documentation can be found on http://doc.powerdns.com/
+All documentation can be found on https://doc.powerdns.com/
 
 This file may lag behind at times. For most recent updates, always check
 https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/.
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ Authoritative Server, and dnsdist (a powerful DNS loadbalancer). All three can
 be built from this repository. However, all three released separately as .tar.bz2,
 .deb and .rpm.
 
+The different releases can be built by the help of pdns-builder, which uses a
+docker-based build process. To get started with this, run these commands in the root
+of this repository:
+
+```sh
+git submodule init
+git submodule update
+./builder/build.sh
+```
+
+This will bring up a USAGE-page which will explain how to build the different releases.
+
 COMPILING Authoritative Server
 ------------------------------
 The PowerDNS Authoritative Server depends on Boost, OpenSSL and requires a
@@ -180,7 +192,7 @@ The HTML documentation will now be available in `html-docs`.
 
 Solaris Notes
 -------------
-Use a recent gcc. OpenCSW is a good source, as is Solaris 11 IPS.
+Use a recent gcc (and other build tools), possibly from Solaris 11 IPS.
 
 If you encounter problems with the Solaris make, gmake is advised.