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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Userland -This project is a port of NetBSD userland (`bin`, `sbin`, `usr.bin`, and `usr.sbin` in the NetBSD `src` distribution) to the musl implementation of the C standard library. It aims to provide a complete POSIX userland, with support for user-friendly extensions. +This project is a port of NetBSD userland utilities to the musl implementation of the C standard library. It aims to provide a complete POSIX userland, with support for user-friendly extensions regardless of origin. # Rationale @@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ There are a multitude of other projects which aim to provide a Linux userland. N All code in this repository is licensed under `BSD-3-Clause`; see `LICENSE` for a copy of the license text. +# Building + +To build `userland`, you will need: + +* gprbuild +* libbsd and development headers +* `fts` support library for musl +* `utmps` (required for `who(1)`), and therefore `skalibs` +* byacc + +`make` and `make install` will do as you expect. It is *strongly* recommended that you provide `DESTDIR` so as to avoid clobbering existing userland utilities. + # Contributing Contributions may be made in several ways: |