source: chapter06/systemd.xml@ de81542

7.6-systemd 7.7-systemd 7.8-systemd 7.9-systemd
Last change on this file since de81542 was de81542, checked in by Krejzi <krejzi@…>, 10 years ago

Fix build.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/systemd/BOOK@10654 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

  • Property mode set to 100644
File size: 24.0 KB
Line 
1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-systemd" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="systemd.html"?>
10
11 <sect1info condition="script">
12 <productname>systemd</productname>
13 <productnumber>&systemd-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&systemd-url;</address>
15 </sect1info>
16
17 <title>Systemd-&systemd-version;</title>
18
19 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd">
20 <primary sortas="a-systemd">systemd</primary>
21 </indexterm>
22
23 <sect2 role="package">
24 <title/>
25
26 <para>The systemd package contains programs for controlling the startup,
27 running, and shutdown of the system.</para>
28
29 <segmentedlist>
30 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
31 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
32
33 <seglistitem>
34 <seg>&systemd-ch6-sbu;</seg>
35 <seg>&systemd-ch6-du;</seg>
36 </seglistitem>
37 </segmentedlist>
38 </sect2>
39
40 <sect2 role="installation">
41 <title>Installation of systemd</title>
42
43 <para>First, create a file to allow systemd to build when using Util-Linux
44 built in Chapter 5:</para>
45
46<screen><userinput remap="pre">cat &gt; config.cache &lt;&lt; "EOF"
47<literal>KILL=/bin/kill
48HAVE_BLKID=1
49BLKID_LIBS="-lblkid"
50BLKID_CFLAGS="-I/tools/include/blkid"</literal>
51EOF</userinput></screen>
52
53 <para>Additionally, fix a build error when using Util-Linux built in
54 Chapter 5:</para>
55
56<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i "s:blkid/::" $(grep -rl "blkid/blkid.h")</userinput></screen>
57
58 <para>Apply a patch so that compat <command>pkg-config</command> files get
59 installed without installing compat libs which are useless on LFS:</para>
60
61<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&systemd-compat-patch;</userinput></screen>
62
63 <para>Prepare systemd for compilation:</para>
64
65<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
66 --sysconfdir=/etc \
67 --localstatedir=/var \
68 --config-cache \
69 --with-rootprefix= \
70 --with-rootlibdir=/lib \
71 --enable-split-usr \
72 --disable-gudev \
73 --without-python \
74 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/systemd-&systemd-version; \
75 --with-dbuspolicydir=/etc/dbus-1/system.d \
76 --with-dbusinterfacedir=/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces \
77 --with-dbussessionservicedir=/usr/share/dbus-1/services \
78 --with-dbussystemservicedir=/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services</userinput></screen>
79
80 <variablelist>
81 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
82
83 <varlistentry>
84 <term><parameter>--config-cache</parameter></term>
85 <listitem>
86 <para>This switch tells the build system to use
87 the <filename>config.cache</filename> file which
88 was created earlier.</para>
89 </listitem>
90 </varlistentry>
91
92 <varlistentry>
93 <term><parameter>--with-root*</parameter></term>
94 <listitem>
95 <para>These switches ensure that core programs and
96 shared libraries are installed in the subdirectories
97 of the root partition.</para>
98 </listitem>
99 </varlistentry>
100
101 <varlistentry>
102 <term><parameter>--enable-split-usr</parameter></term>
103 <listitem>
104 <para>This switch ensures that systemd will work on
105 systems where /bin, /lib and /sbin directories are not
106 symlinks to their /usr counterparts.</para>
107 </listitem>
108 </varlistentry>
109
110 <varlistentry>
111 <term><parameter>--disable-gudev --without-python</parameter></term>
112 <listitem>
113 <para>These switches disable optional features because
114 LFS does not provide their dependencies.</para>
115 </listitem>
116 </varlistentry>
117
118 <varlistentry>
119 <term><parameter>--with-dbus*</parameter></term>
120 <listitem>
121 <para>These switches ensure that D-Bus configuration files
122 get installed in the correct locations.</para>
123 </listitem>
124 </varlistentry>
125
126 </variablelist>
127
128 <para>Compile the package:</para>
129
130<screen><userinput remap="make">make LIBRARY_PATH=/tools/lib</userinput></screen>
131
132 <para>First, prevent a few test cases from runnin because they fail in
133 a chroot environment:</para>
134
135<screen><userinput remap="test">sed -e "s:test/udev-test.pl::g" \
136 -e "s:test-bus-cleanup\$(EXEEXT) ::g" \
137 -e "s:test-bus-gvariant\$(EXEEXT) ::g" \
138 -e "s:test-dhcp6-client\$(EXEEXT) ::g" \
139 -e "s:test-journal-flush\$(EXEEXT) ::g" \
140 -e "s:test-path-util\$(EXEEXT) ::g" \
141 -e "s:test-sched-prio\$(EXEEXT) ::g" \
142 -e "s:test-strv\$(EXEEXT) ::g" \
143 -i Makefile</userinput></screen>
144
145 <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
146
147<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
148
149 <para>Install the package:</para>
150
151<screen><userinput remap="install">make LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/tools/lib install</userinput></screen>
152
153 <para>Move NSS myhostname library to <filename
154 class="directory">/lib</filename>:</para>
155
156<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libnss_myhostname.so.2 /lib</userinput></screen>
157
158 <para>Remove an unnecessary directory:</para>
159
160<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -rfv /usr/lib/rpm</userinput></screen>
161
162 <para>Create the Sysvinit compatibility symlinks, so systemd is used
163 as the default init system:</para>
164
165<screen><userinput remap="install">for tool in runlevel reboot shutdown poweroff halt telinit; do
166 ln -sfv ../bin/systemctl /sbin/${tool}
167done
168ln -sfv ../lib/systemd/systemd /sbin/init</userinput></screen>
169
170 <para>Remove a reference to a non-existent group:</para>
171
172<screen><userinput remap="install">sed -i "s:0775 root lock:0755 root root:g" /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf</userinput></screen>
173
174 <para>Create the <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> file needed by
175 Journald:</para>
176
177<screen><userinput remap="install">systemd-machine-id-setup</userinput></screen>
178
179 </sect2>
180
181 <sect2 id="contents-systemd" role="content">
182 <title>Contents of systemd</title>
183
184 <segmentedlist>
185 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
186 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
187 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
188
189 <seglistitem>
190 <seg>bootctl, busctl, coredumpctl, halt, hostnamectl, init, journalctl,
191 kernel-install, localectl, loginctl, machinectl, poweroff, reboot,
192 runlevel, shutdown, systemctl, systemd-analyze, systemd-ask-password,
193 systemd-cat, systemd-cgls, systemd-cgtop, systemd-coredumpctl,
194 systemd-delta, systemd-detect-virt, systemd-inhibit,
195 systemd-machine-id-setup, systemd-notify, systemd-nspawn, systemd-path,
196 systemd-run, systemd-stdio-bridge, systemd-sysusers, systemd-tmpfiles,
197 systemd-tty-ask-password-agent, telinit, timedatectl, and udevadm</seg>
198 <seg>libnss_myhostname.so.2, libsystemd.so, libudev.so</seg>
199 <seg>/etc/binfmt.d, /etc/init.d, /etc/kernel, /etc/modules-load.d,
200 /etc/sysctl.d, /etc/systemd, /etc/tmpfiles.d, /etc/udev,
201 /etc/xdg/systemd, /lib/systemd, /lib/udev, /usr/include/systemd,
202 /usr/lib/binfmt.d, /usr/lib/kernel, /usr/lib/modules-load.d,
203 /usr/lib/sysctl.d, /usr/lib/systemd, /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d,
204 /usr/share/doc/systemd-&systemd-version;, /usr/share/systemd,
205 /var/lib/systemd, /var/log/journal</seg>
206 </seglistitem>
207 </segmentedlist>
208
209 <variablelist>
210 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
211 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
212 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
213
214 <varlistentry id="bootctl">
215 <term><command>bootctl</command></term>
216 <listitem>
217 <para>used to query the firmware and boot manager settings.</para>
218 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd bootctl">
219 <primary sortas="b-bootctl">bootctl</primary>
220 </indexterm>
221 </listitem>
222 </varlistentry>
223
224 <varlistentry id="busctl">
225 <term><command>busctl</command></term>
226 <listitem>
227 <para>Used to introspect and monitor the D-Bus bus.</para>
228 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd busctl">
229 <primary sortas="b-busctl">busctl</primary>
230 </indexterm>
231 </listitem>
232 </varlistentry>
233
234 <varlistentry id="coredumpctl">
235 <term><command>coredumpctl</command></term>
236 <listitem>
237 <para>Used to retrieve coredumps from the systemd Journal</para>
238 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd coredumpctl">
239 <primary sortas="b-coredumpctl">coredumpctl</primary>
240 </indexterm>
241 </listitem>
242 </varlistentry>
243
244 <varlistentry id="halt">
245 <term><command>halt</command></term>
246 <listitem>
247 <para>Normally invokes <command>shutdown</command> with the
248 <parameter>-h</parameter> option, except when already in run-level 0,
249 then it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
250 file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is being
251 brought down.</para>
252 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd halt">
253 <primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary>
254 </indexterm>
255 </listitem>
256 </varlistentry>
257
258 <varlistentry id="hostnamectl">
259 <term><command>hostnamectl</command></term>
260 <listitem>
261 <para>Used to query and change the system hostname and related
262 settings.</para>
263 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd hostnamectl">
264 <primary sortas="b-hostnamectl">hostnamectl</primary>
265 </indexterm>
266 </listitem>
267 </varlistentry>
268
269 <varlistentry id="init">
270 <term><command>init</command></term>
271 <listitem>
272 <para>The first process to be started when the kernel has initialized
273 the hardware which takes over the boot process and starts all the
274 proceses it is instructed to.</para>
275 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd init">
276 <primary sortas="b-init">init</primary>
277 </indexterm>
278 </listitem>
279 </varlistentry>
280
281 <varlistentry id="journalctl">
282 <term><command>journalctl</command></term>
283 <listitem>
284 <para>Used to query the contents of the systemd Journal.</para>
285 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd journalctl">
286 <primary sortas="b-journalctl">journalctl</primary>
287 </indexterm>
288 </listitem>
289 </varlistentry>
290
291 <varlistentry id="kernel-install">
292 <term><command>kernel-install</command></term>
293 <listitem>
294 <para>Used to add and remove kernel and initramfs images to and
295 from /boot.</para>
296 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd kernel-install">
297 <primary sortas="b-kernel-install">kernel-install</primary>
298 </indexterm>
299 </listitem>
300 </varlistentry>
301
302 <varlistentry id="localectl">
303 <term><command>localectl</command></term>
304 <listitem>
305 <para>Used to query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
306 settings.</para>
307 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd localectl">
308 <primary sortas="b-localectl">localectl</primary>
309 </indexterm>
310 </listitem>
311 </varlistentry>
312
313 <varlistentry id="loginctl">
314 <term><command>loginctl</command></term>
315 <listitem>
316 <para>Used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Login
317 Manager.</para>
318 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd loginctl">
319 <primary sortas="b-loginctl">loginctl</primary>
320 </indexterm>
321 </listitem>
322 </varlistentry>
323
324 <varlistentry id="machinectl">
325 <term><command>machinectl</command></term>
326 <listitem>
327 <para>Used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Virtual
328 Machine and Container Registration Manager</para>
329 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd machinectl">
330 <primary sortas="b-machinectl">machinectl</primary>
331 </indexterm>
332 </listitem>
333 </varlistentry>
334
335 <varlistentry id="poweroff">
336 <term><command>poweroff</command></term>
337 <listitem>
338 <para>Tells the kernel to halt the system and switch off the computer
339 (see <command>halt</command>).</para>
340 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd poweroff">
341 <primary sortas="b-poweroff">poweroff</primary>
342 </indexterm>
343 </listitem>
344 </varlistentry>
345
346 <varlistentry id="reboot">
347 <term><command>reboot</command></term>
348 <listitem>
349 <para>Tells the kernel to reboot the system (see
350 <command>halt</command>).</para>
351 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd reboot">
352 <primary sortas="b-reboot">reboot</primary>
353 </indexterm>
354 </listitem>
355 </varlistentry>
356
357 <varlistentry id="runlevel">
358 <term><command>runlevel</command></term>
359 <listitem>
360 <para>Reports the previous and the current run-level, as noted in the
361 last run-level record in <filename>/var/run/utmp</filename>.</para>
362 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd runlevel">
363 <primary sortas="b-runlevel">runlevel</primary>
364 </indexterm>
365 </listitem>
366 </varlistentry>
367
368 <varlistentry id="shutdown">
369 <term><command>shutdown</command></term>
370 <listitem>
371 <para>Brings the system down in a secure way, signaling all processes
372 and notifying all logged-in users.</para>
373 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd shutdown">
374 <primary sortas="b-shutdown">shutdown</primary>
375 </indexterm>
376 </listitem>
377 </varlistentry>
378
379 <varlistentry id="systemctl">
380 <term><command>systemctl</command></term>
381 <listitem>
382 <para>Used to introspect and control the state of the systemd system and
383 service manager.</para>
384 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemctl">
385 <primary sortas="b-systemctl">systemctl</primary>
386 </indexterm>
387 </listitem>
388 </varlistentry>
389
390 <varlistentry id="systemd-analyze">
391 <term><command>systemd-analyze</command></term>
392 <listitem>
393 <para>Used to determine system boot-up performance of the current boot.
394 </para>
395 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-analyze">
396 <primary sortas="b-systemd-analyze">systemd-analyze</primary>
397 </indexterm>
398 </listitem>
399 </varlistentry>
400
401 <varlistentry id="systemd-ask-password">
402 <term><command>systemd-ask-password</command></term>
403 <listitem>
404 <para>Used to query a system password or passphrase from the user, using a
405 question message specified on the command line.</para>
406 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-ask-password">
407 <primary sortas="b-systemd-ask-password">systemd-ask-password</primary>
408 </indexterm>
409 </listitem>
410 </varlistentry>
411
412 <varlistentry id="systemd-cat">
413 <term><command>systemd-cat</command></term>
414 <listitem>
415 <para>Used to connect STDOUT and STDERR of a process with the Journal.
416 </para>
417 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cat">
418 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cat">systemd-cat</primary>
419 </indexterm>
420 </listitem>
421 </varlistentry>
422
423 <varlistentry id="systemd-cgls">
424 <term><command>systemd-cgls</command></term>
425 <listitem>
426 <para>Recursively shows the contents of the selected Linux control group
427 hierarchy in a tree.</para>
428 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cgls">
429 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cgls">systemd-cgls</primary>
430 </indexterm>
431 </listitem>
432 </varlistentry>
433
434 <varlistentry id="systemd-cgtop">
435 <term><command>systemd-cgtop</command></term>
436 <listitem>
437 <para>Shows the top control groups of the local Linux control group hierarchy,
438 ordered by their CPU, memory and disk I/O load.</para>
439 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cgtop">
440 <primary sortas="b-systemd-cgtop">systemd-cgtop</primary>
441 </indexterm>
442 </listitem>
443 </varlistentry>
444
445 <varlistentry id="systemd-delta">
446 <term><command>systemd-delta</command></term>
447 <listitem>
448 <para>Used to identify and compare configuration files in
449 <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> that override default
450 counterparts in <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>.</para>
451 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-delta">
452 <primary sortas="b-systemd-delta">systemd-delta</primary>
453 </indexterm>
454 </listitem>
455 </varlistentry>
456
457 <varlistentry id="systemd-detect-virt">
458 <term><command>systemd-detect-virt</command></term>
459 <listitem>
460 <para>Detects execution in a virtualized environment.</para>
461 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-detect-virt">
462 <primary sortas="b-systemd-detect-virt">systemd-detect-virt</primary>
463 </indexterm>
464 </listitem>
465 </varlistentry>
466
467 <varlistentry id="systemd-inhibit">
468 <term><command>systemd-inhibit</command></term>
469 <listitem>
470 <para>Used to execute a program with a shutdown, sleep or idle inhibitor lock
471 taken.</para>
472 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-inhibit">
473 <primary sortas="b-systemd-inhibit">systemd-inhibit</primary>
474 </indexterm>
475 </listitem>
476 </varlistentry>
477
478 <varlistentry id="systemd-machine-id-setup">
479 <term><command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command></term>
480 <listitem>
481 <para>Used by system installer tools to initialize the machine ID stored in
482 <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> at install time with a randomly
483 generated ID.</para>
484 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-machine-id-setup">
485 <primary sortas="b-systemd-machine-id-setup">systemd-machine-id-setup</primary>
486 </indexterm>
487 </listitem>
488 </varlistentry>
489
490 <varlistentry id="systemd-notify">
491 <term><command>systemd-notify</command></term>
492 <listitem>
493 <para>Used by daemon scripts to notify the init system about status changes.
494 </para>
495 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-notify">
496 <primary sortas="b-systemd-notify">systemd-notify</primary>
497 </indexterm>
498 </listitem>
499 </varlistentry>
500
501 <varlistentry id="systemd-nspawn">
502 <term><command>systemd-nspawn</command></term>
503 <listitem>
504 <para>Used to run a command or OS in a light-weight namespace container.</para>
505 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-nspawn">
506 <primary sortas="b-systemd-nspawn">systemd-nspawn</primary>
507 </indexterm>
508 </listitem>
509 </varlistentry>
510
511 <varlistentry id="systemd-path">
512 <term><command>systemd-path</command></term>
513 <listitem>
514 <para>Used to query system and user paths.</para>
515 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-path">
516 <primary sortas="b-systemd-path">systemd-path</primary>
517 </indexterm>
518 </listitem>
519 </varlistentry>
520
521 <varlistentry id="systemd-run">
522 <term><command>systemd-run</command></term>
523 <listitem>
524 <para>Used to create and start a transient .service or a .scope unit and
525 run the specified command in it.</para>
526 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-run">
527 <primary sortas="b-systemd-run">systemd-run</primary>
528 </indexterm>
529 </listitem>
530 </varlistentry>
531
532<!-- <varlistentry id="systemd-stdio-bridge">
533 <term><command>systemd-stdio-bridge</command></term>
534 <listitem>
535 <para>To be completed</para>
536 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-stdio-bridge">
537 <primary sortas="b-systemd-stdio-bridge">systemd-stdio-bridge</primary>
538 </indexterm>
539 </listitem>
540 </varlistentry> -->
541
542 <varlistentry id="systemd-sysusers">
543 <term><command>systemd-sysusers</command></term>
544 <listitem>
545 <para>Creates system users and groups, based on the file format and location
546 specified in <filename class="directory">sysusers.d</filename>.</para>
547 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-sysusers">
548 <primary sortas="b-systemd-sysusers">systemd-sysusers</primary>
549 </indexterm>
550 </listitem>
551 </varlistentry>
552
553 <varlistentry id="systemd-tmpfiles">
554 <term><command>systemd-tmpfiles</command></term>
555 <listitem>
556 <para>Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories,
557 based on the configuration file format and location specified in
558 <filename class="directory">tmpfiles.d</filename> directories.</para>
559 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-tmpfiles">
560 <primary sortas="b-systemd-tmpfiles">systemd-tmpfiles</primary>
561 </indexterm>
562 </listitem>
563 </varlistentry>
564
565 <varlistentry id="systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">
566 <term><command>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</command></term>
567 <listitem>
568 <para>Used to list or process pending systemd password requests</para>
569 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">
570 <primary sortas="b-systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</primary>
571 </indexterm>
572 </listitem>
573 </varlistentry>
574
575 <varlistentry id="telinit">
576 <term><command>telinit</command></term>
577 <listitem>
578 <para>Tells <command>init</command> which run-level to change to.</para>
579 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd telinit">
580 <primary sortas="b-telinit">telinit</primary>
581 </indexterm>
582 </listitem>
583 </varlistentry>
584
585 <varlistentry id="timedatectl">
586 <term><command>timedatectl</command></term>
587 <listitem>
588 <para>Used to query and change the system clock and its settings.
589 </para>
590 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd timedatectl">
591 <primary sortas="b-timedatectl">timedatectl</primary>
592 </indexterm>
593 </listitem>
594 </varlistentry>
595
596 <varlistentry id="udevadm">
597 <term><command>udevadm</command></term>
598 <listitem>
599 <para>Generic Udev administration tool: controls the udevd daemon,
600 provides info from the Udev database, monitors uevents, waits for
601 uevents to finish, tests Udev configuration, and triggers uevents
602 for a given device.</para>
603 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd udevadm">
604 <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary>
605 </indexterm>
606 </listitem>
607 </varlistentry>
608
609 <varlistentry id="libsystemd">
610 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsystemd</filename></term>
611 <listitem>
612 <para>systemd utility library.</para>
613 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd libsystemd">
614 <primary sortas="c-libsystemd">libsystemd</primary>
615 </indexterm>
616 </listitem>
617 </varlistentry>
618
619 <varlistentry id="libudev">
620 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libudev</filename></term>
621 <listitem>
622 <para>A library to access Udev device information.</para>
623 <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd libudev">
624 <primary sortas="c-libudev">libudev</primary>
625 </indexterm>
626 </listitem>
627 </varlistentry>
628
629 </variablelist>
630
631 </sect2>
632
633</sect1>
Note: See TracBrowser for help on using the repository browser.