From 2d27f99b3294b80e4f34444e50cdc8571dc95cca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Stanislav=20Angelovi=C4=8D?= Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:21:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add note on dependency on systemd to README --- README.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a85faa1..0439633 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ Dependencies ------------ * `C++17` - the library uses C++17 `std::uncaught_exceptions()` feature. When building sdbus-c++ manually, make sure you use a compiler that supports that feature. -* `libsystemd` - systemd library containing sd-bus implementation. Systemd v236 at least is needed for sdbus-c++ to compile. (But you don't the entire systemd infrastructure to be able to build and use sdbus-c++; libsystemd is sufficient and it is a pretty self-contained library that can be built and used without dependencies on other systemd components.) -* `googletest` - google unit testing framework, only necessary when building tests, will be downloaded and built automatically +* `libsystemd` - systemd library containing sd-bus implementation. This library is part of systemd. Systemd v236 at least is needed. +* `googletest` - google unit testing framework, only necessary when building tests, will be downloaded and built automatically. + +You can use sdbus-c++ on non-systemd Linux distributions as well -- sdbus-c++ doesn't need the entire systemd ecosystem. It only needs libsystemd, a self-contained library that can be built and used without dependencies on other systemd components. Licensing ---------