debian: Don't always try to run dpkg-query command.

[febootstrap.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index f0850e0..2c42b2e 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ Requirements
 
   gcc
 
-  qemu
-    - Only if you need to test-boot appliances.
-
   gawk
 
   libcom_err
@@ -42,19 +39,27 @@ Requirements
   /sbin/mke2fs
     - These are part of e2fsprogs.
 
-  /sbin/insmod.static
-    - This is part of module-init-tools.  Note that Debian does NOT
-      package this, you have to build it yourself (or copy the file
-      from a Fedora machine which also works ...)
+For Fedora/RHEL:
+
+  rpm
+  yum
+  yumdownloader
+
+For Debian/Ubuntu:
+
+  dpkg
+  aptitude
 
 Optional
 --------
-(but you will need a package manager for your Linux distro)
 
-  yum
-  rpm
-  apt-get
-  dpkg
+These are only needed if you plan to boot the supermin appliances you
+are building:
+
+  qemu >= 0.13
+  kernel >= 2.6.36
+
+  zlib - if your kernel uses gzipped modules
 
 Building and installing
 -----------------------