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diff --git a/docs/HACKING b/docs/HACKING index 0393dc365..e9ae7decb 100644 --- a/docs/HACKING +++ b/docs/HACKING @@ -45,33 +45,45 @@ You will need to create a top level /RPMS directory. This directory needs to be populated with the following RPMS: locales-ja locales-ko locales-zh -gi needs to be informed about which kernel(s) is/are to be used. A -directory with the following structure and files is needed for each kernel -you want to use: (2.6.0 is the example kernel) +GI needs to be informed about which kernel(s) is/are to be used. +Most of the time, no manual install is needed. Just be sure to +have the BOOT kernel(s) in /RPMS and issue "make" in the +"kernel/" subdirectory of the "gi" directory. This will install +the kernel and compile necessary files related to. + +For each kernel, directories will be populated as follows: gi/kernel/all.kernels/2.6.0 - /boot - System.map-2.6.0 - vmlinuz-2.6.0 - /lib/modules/2.6.0 - (the module dir for the current kernel) + containing all files from the said kernel RPM package + +gi/kernel/all.modules/2.6.0 + containing all modules, and special files containing + modules for stage1 (*.mar) -Note: the modules must not be in compressed form (*.gz *.bz2 etc) +gi/kernel/all.modules/ + containing a special file containing modules for stage1 + (*.cz*) + +Note: the modules must not be in compressed form (*.gz *.bz2 etc) (3) required rpm packages -You need quite a number of rpm packages to build gi properly. Roughly: -emacs gcc make glibc-devel glibc-static-devel perl-devel XFree86 -XFree86-FBDev XFree86-VGA16 XFree86-devel libglib-devel libgtk+-devel -perl-GTK ldetect ldetect-devel ldetect-lst ldetect-lst-devel libslang-devel -libnewt-devel e2fsprogs libext2fs2-devel dosfstools rpm-devel rpmtools -libbzip2_1 libbzip2_1-devel libncurses5 libncurses5-devel setserial telnet -parted raidtools pciutils mt-st gpart reiserfsprogs jfsprogs xfsprogs -extipl pcmcia-cs gettext perl-Gtk2 perl-Glib ash imlib fb2png ntfsprogs -lm_sensors galaxy-gnome perl-PerlIO-gzip brltty lvm2 mkcd - -You may need a few others I forgot to mention. if the compilation fails, try +You need quite a number of rpm packages installed on your system +to build gi properly. Roughly: + +emacs gcc make glibc-devel glibc-static-devel perl-devel XFree86 +XFree86-FBDev XFree86-VGA16 XFree86-devel libglib-devel +libgtk+-devel perl-GTK ldetect ldetect-devel ldetect-lst +ldetect-lst-devel libslang-devel libnewt-devel e2fsprogs +libext2fs2-devel dosfstools rpm-devel rpmtools libbzip2_1 +libbzip2_1-devel libncurses5 libncurses5-devel setserial telnet +parted raidtools pciutils mt-st gpart reiserfsprogs jfsprogs +xfsprogs extipl pcmcia-cs gettext perl-Gtk2 perl-Glib ash imlib +fb2png ntfsprogs lm_sensors galaxy-gnome perl-PerlIO-gzip brltty +lvm2 mkcd perl-URPM glibc-i18ndata + +You may need a few others I forgot to mention. If the compilation fails, try to understand the message and install any necessary remaining package. @@ -83,6 +95,7 @@ permissions in /etc/sudoers: user ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/patch,NOPASSWD:/bin/rpm,NOPASSWD:/bin/mount,NOPASSWD:/bin/cp,NOPASSWD:/bin/umount,NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/install,NOPASSWD:/bin/rm,NOPASSWD:/bin/mv,NOPASSWD:/bin/tar,NOPASSWD:/bin/cpio,NOPASSWD:/bin/chown,NOPASSWD:/bin/mkdir,NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/strip,NOPASSWD:/bin/mknod + (5) pray @@ -128,4 +141,4 @@ Here is how I (dams) made it work on my computer. address all bugreports to dave@null.com -info has been added by sunny@opencurve.org
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