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docs: Mention that a local build might be required to use mkosi

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Currently we need ukify with support for --profile and --join-profile
which isn't in an official release yet so mention that a local build
from source might be required.
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@ -44,9 +44,37 @@ or:
$ mkosi qemu
```
By default, the tools from your host system are used to build the image. To have
`mkosi` use the systemd tools from the `build/` directory, add the following to
`mkosi.local.conf`:
By default, the tools from your host system are used to build the image.
Sometimes we start using mkosi features that rely on functionality in systemd
tools that's not in an official release yet. In that case, you'll need to build
systemd from source on the host and configure mkosi to use the tools from the
systemd build directory.
To do a local build, most distributions provide very simple and convenient ways
to install most development packages necessary to build systemd:
```sh
# Fedora
$ sudo dnf builddep systemd
# Debian/Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get build-dep systemd
# Arch
$ sudo pacman -S devtools
$ pkgctl repo clone --protocol=https systemd
$ cd systemd
$ makepkg -seoc
```
After installing the development packages, systemd can be built from source as follows:
```sh
$ meson setup build <options>
$ ninja -C build
$ meson test -C build
```
To have `mkosi` use the systemd tools from the `build/` directory, add the
following to `mkosi.local.conf`:
```conf
[Host]
@ -97,29 +125,6 @@ $ git push -u <REMOTE> # where REMOTE is your "fork" on GitHub
And after that, head over to your repo on GitHub and click "Compare & pull request"
If you want to do a local build without mkosi,
most distributions also provide very simple and convenient ways to install most development packages necessary to build systemd:
```sh
# Fedora
$ sudo dnf builddep systemd
# Debian/Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get build-dep systemd
# Arch
$ sudo pacman -S devtools
$ pkgctl repo clone --protocol=https systemd
$ cd systemd
$ makepkg -seoc
```
After installing the development packages, systemd can be built from source as follows:
```sh
$ meson setup build <options>
$ ninja -C build
$ meson test -C build
```
Happy hacking!
## Building distribution packages with mkosi