Updated documentation and install instructions. Refreshed copyright notice.

doc/Install

@@ -1,18 +1,36 @@
 
-    README for the System V style init, version 2.86
+    README for the System V style init, version 2.89
 
 init, shutdown, halt, reboot, wall, last, mesg, runlevel,
 killall5, pidof, sulogin.
 
 All programs, files and scripts in this package are covered by
-the Gnu Public License, and copyrighted by me.
+the GNU General Public License version 2, and copyrighted by
+Miquel van Smoorenburg (1991-2004) and, Jesse Smith (2018). 
 
 If you are not using Debian and the debianized package,
-you will have to install the new init by hand. You should
-be able to drop the binaries into a Slackware or Redhat
-system, I think.
+you may have to install the new init by hand if Debian is
+using an init system other than SysV (eg systemd). You should
+be able to drop the binaries into a Slackware or Devuan system, I think.
 
-Here is a list of preferred directories to install the progs & manpages:
+The SysV init software, core programs and manual pages can be
+installed by running the following two commands from the top-level
+source directory.
+
+make
+sudo make install
+
+If sudo is not installed, the "make install" command may be run as
+the root user.
+
+Other than the GNU make utility, SysV init has few dependencies.
+SysV can be built on virtually any Linux system featuring
+the GNU C library or musl libc. A C compiler, such as the GNU Compiler
+Collection (GCC) or Clang is also required.
+
+Here is a list of preferred directories to install the progs & manpages,
+this should be done for you automatically when you run "make install"
+as the root user, or via sudo, ie "sudo make install".
 
 wall.1, last.1, mesg.1	   /usr/man/man1
 inittab.5, initscript.5	   /usr/man/man5
@@ -40,7 +58,7 @@ bootlogd		   /sbin/bootlogd
 utmpdump                   don't install, it's just a debug thingy.
 
 If you already _have_ a "wall" in /bin (the SLS release had, for example)
-do _not_ install this wall. Chances are that the wall you are already
+do _not_ install this version of wall. Chances are that the wall you are already
 using is linked to /bin/write. Either first _remove_ /bin/wall before
 installing the new one, or don't install the new one at all.
 
@@ -48,9 +66,8 @@ You might want to create a file called "/etc/shutdown.allow". Read the
 manual page on shutdown to find out more about this.
 
 Running from a read-only file system (CDROM?):
-o All communication to init goes through the FIFO /run/initctl.
+* All communication to init goes through the FIFO /run/initctl.
   There should be no problem using a read-only root file system
   IF you use a Linux kernel > 1.3.66. Older kernels don't allow
   writing to a FIFO on a read-only file system.
-  
-Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
+ 

doc/Propaganda

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 
 
-	Propaganda for version 2.58 of sysvinit & utilities
+	Propaganda for version 2.89 of sysvinit & utilities
 	==================================================
 
-NOTE: If you use a standard distribution like Slackware, Debian
-or Redhat there probably is no need to upgrade. Installing sysvinit
+NOTE: If you use a standard distribution like Slackware, Devuan
+or Gentoo there probably is no need to upgrade. Installing sysvinit
 is only for those that upgrade their system by hand or for people
 that create Linux distributions.
 
-Sysvinit is probably the most widely used init package for Linux.
-Most distributions use it. sysvinit 2.4 is really a good package,
-and it was not the need for bugfixes but the need for more features
+SysV init was probably the most widely used init package for Linux.
+Most distributions once used it. sysvinit 2.4 was really a good package,
+and it was not the need for bug fixes but the need for more features
 that made me work on sysvinit again.
 
-Sysvinit is now a debian package. Debian source packages are not
+SysV init is now a Debian package. Debian source packages are not
 special in any way -- in fact you can just unpack and compile
 it on any other Linux distribution.
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ as in the 2.4 release:
 
 The sysvinit package includes
 
-* a sysv compatible /sbin/init program
+* a SysV compatible /sbin/init program
 * a telinit program (er, just a link to /sbin/init) to change runlevels
 * a featureful shutdown
 * halt and reboot to assist shutdown
@@ -69,13 +69,7 @@ The sysvinit package includes
 * the wall & mesg programs (not installed by default)
 * manpages for everything
 
-The new sysv init can be found on:
+The new SysV init can be found on:
 
-tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/sbin as sysvinit-2.58-1.tar.gz
-sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Daemons as sysvinit-2.58-1.tar.gz
-
-It will be moved there in a few days, in the mean time it is
-probably in the Incoming directory.
-
-Mike. (02-Jan-1996)
+http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/sysvinit/
 

doc/sysvinit-2.86.lsm

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 Begin3
 Title:		sysvinit and utilities
-Version:	2.86
-Entered-Date:	30JUL2004
+Version:	2.89
+Entered-Date:	24FEB2018
 Description:	This is the Linux System V init.
 		This version can be compiled with glibc 2.0.6 and up.
 Author:		miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)
-Primary-Site:	ftp.cistron.nl /pub/people/miquels/software
-		92K sysvinit-2.86.tar.gz
-Alternate-Site:	sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/daemons/init
-		92K sysvinit-2.86.tar.gz
+Primary-Site:	http://download.savannah.nongnu.org /releases/sysvinit/
+		103K sysvinit-2.89.tar.bz2
 Copying-Policy:	GPL
 Keywords:	init shutdown halt reboot
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