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+Vespa Runtime Environment
+
+The vespa_base package contains (via dependencies)
+common runtime Vespa components.
+
+Runtime libraries for c++ and java:
+
+    * vespa_gcc3 vespa_gcc_runtime:  C++ runtime
+    * vespa_boost:                   Boost shared libraries for runtime use
+    * libiconv:                      Iconv shared library.
+
+General utilities:
+
+    * vespa_log: Vespa log handling utilities.
+    * vespa_gdb: A version of gdb that works with the Vespa compiler.
+    * ywget:     Commandline URL-getter.
+
+Required services that will always be present on a vespa node:
+
+    * vespa_configd:      The vespa service starter (config-sentinel).
+    * vespa_config_proxy: Local daemon for communication with the
+                          configuration server.
+    * vespa_logd:         Local daemon for forwarding the vespa.log to the
+                          logserver.
+    * vespa_slobrok:      Service Location Broker used by the messaging layer.
+
+Settings for the runtime environment
+
+Vespa Base adds a set of environment settings that are used by several
+of the control scripts and binaries that are part of Vespa. The
+current list looks like this:
+
+# set port_configserver_rpc 
+# set addr_configserver 
+    
+These values allow the other components to locate the configuration
+server, thus enabling them to get their config.