rpm-ostree/README.md
Colin Walters 125c482b1d Switch to using libhif as a git submodule
So I was trying to hack on my host's copy of rpm-ostree inside a pet
docker container, but ran into a conflict with libhif since dnf uses
it.  I think we basically need to *always* build the bundled path,
rather than what I'm doing with CAHC and FADC where it's built as a
regular RPM.

It's not really sustainable right now for us to have both bundled and
not-bundled build paths - and we need to support co-installation with
dnf.

Another major issue is that we want to version lock with libhif -
right now our CI and both CAHC/FADC track libhif master, but that
means everything breaks if libhif breaks and we don't immediately
port.

git submodules solve all of these problems - the same as we're doing
with libglnx.

libglnx is *designed* for use as a git submodule, where as libhif
needs to support being both bundled and not-bundled.  So we end up
with some hacks on our side, but I think it's all not too bad.  I've
marked build rules with `# bundled libhif` so we know where to find
them later when libhif is stable.

Closes: #357
Approved by: jlebon
2016-06-30 14:27:55 +00:00

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# rpm-ostree Overview
New! See the docs online at [Read The Docs (rpm-ostree)](https://rpm-ostree.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ )
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rpm-ostree is a hybrid image/package system. It uses
[OSTree](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/OSTree) as an image format,
and uses RPM as a component model.
The project aims to bring together a hybrid of image-like upgrade
features (reliable replication, atomicity), with package-like
flexibility (introspecting trees to find package sets, package
layering, partial live updates).
**Features:**
- Atomic upgrades and rollback for host system updates
- A server side tool to consume RPMs and commit them to an OSTree repository
- A system daemon to consume ostree commits as updates
Projects using rpm-ostree
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[Project Atomic](http://www.projectatomic.io/) uses rpm-ostree to
provide a minimal host for Docker formatted Linux containers.
Replicating a base immutable OS, then using Docker for applications.
Using rpm-ostree to build OS images/trees
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See [Compose Server](docs/manual/compose-server.md).
Hacking
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See [Hacking](HACKING.md).
Contributing
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See [Contributing](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md).