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authorBrian Behlendorf <[email protected]>2010-09-01 11:23:13 -0700
committerBrian Behlendorf <[email protected]>2010-09-01 11:23:13 -0700
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Add quick build instructions
Full update to date build information will stay on the wiki for now, but there is no harm in adding the bare bones instructions to the README. They shouldn't change and are a reasonable quick start. Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]>
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@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@ ported to FreeBSD and now there is a functional Linux ZFS kernel port
too. The port currently includes a fully functional and stable SPA, DMU,
and ZVOL with a ZFS Posix Layer (ZPL) on the way!
-Documentation for building, configuring, and using ZFS can be found at:
-<http://wiki.github.com/behlendorf/zfs/>
+To build packages for your distribution, first build and install the
+SPL packages <http://wiki.github.com/behlendorf/spl/> then:
+
+$ ./configure
+$ make pkg
+
+Full documentation for building, configuring, and using ZFS can be
+found at: <http://wiki.github.com/behlendorf/zfs/>