From: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:40:53 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: README: mention "git archive"
X-Git-Tag: v222~86
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=82627069e93a0f75265797b0a1524fcda1e83c39;p=thirdparty%2Fsystemd.git

README: mention "git archive"
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 651aa983772..53220ff3f21 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         dracut (optional)
         PolicyKit (optional)
 
-        When building from git, you need the following additional
-        dependencies:
+        When building from git, the following tools are needed:
 
         pkg-config
         docbook-xsl
@@ -155,6 +154,10 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         python-lxml (optional, but required to build the indices)
         sphinx (optional)
 
+        The build system is initialized with ./autogen.sh. A tar ball
+        can be created with:
+          git archive --format=tar --prefix=systemd-222/ v222 | xz > systemd-222.tar.xz
+
         When systemd-hostnamed is used, it is strongly recommended to
         install nss-myhostname to ensure that, in a world of
         dynamically changing hostnames, the hostname stays resolvable