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author | Mystery Man <unknown@mandriva.org> | 2002-09-16 23:15:36 +0000 |
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committer | Mystery Man <unknown@mandriva.org> | 2002-09-16 23:15:36 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/HACKING b/docs/HACKING deleted file mode 100644 index b5844c846..000000000 --- a/docs/HACKING +++ /dev/null @@ -1,126 +0,0 @@ --=-=-- -DrakX is a very big project, and it needs special setups to work. -The purpose of this file is to explain how you can setup your box to make it -compile and run. --=-=-- - -Beware, don't try this on a production machine with important data. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Sources installation: - - First grab the gi.tar.bz2 archive and untar it in your home directory, -for example from DrakX-*.src.rpm on your Mandrake Linux distribution. - -cd to gi -for i in `du -a | grep CVS/Root | cut -f 2` -do - sed -e 's/prigaux/anoncvs/' $i > $i.tmp - mv $i.tmp $i -done - -Then, log yourself into the cvs: -% export CVS_RSH=ssh -% export CVSROOT=:ext:anoncvs@cvs.mandrakesoft.com:/cooker -% cvs checkout gi - (passwd: 'cvs') -And update the gi package: -cvs update -P -d - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Preparing the compilation process: - -(1) target directory - -create a /export directory and copy a recent Mandrake Linux CD in there. -(You don't have to put have all the RPMS...) ; you'll need roughly 1.5 -Gbytes for a full install. - -[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi] su -c "mkdir /export" - - -(2) devel packages - -you need quite a few devel packages to run the stuff; roughly: gcc, make, -glibc-devel, perl-devel, XFree86-devel, libglib-devel, libgtk+-devel, -perl-GTK, ldetect*, libslang-devel, libnewt-devel, e2fsprogs, dosfstools, -rpm-devel, popt-devel, rpmtools, libbzip2*, libncurses*. - -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. - - -(3) sudo - -never build or run DrakX as root; install package sudo, and set up -relevant permissions; the following should be enough: (in your -/etc/sudoers) - -gc 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 - - -(4) boot kernel - -you need one or more kernels and (all?) their modules. it's located in -subdirectory "all.kernels" in DrakX-*.src.rpm ; if you ever grab (or -build) another boot kernel, replace or add an entry in "all.kernels" as: - - (a) create your modules subdir (useful to describe the - VERSION_RELEASE) and untar your kernel - -[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi/all.kernels] mkdir 2.4.1-BOOTcustom -[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi/all.kernels] cd 2.4.1-BOOTcustom -[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi/all.kernels/2.4.1-BOOTcustom] tar jxvf ~/mycustomkernel.tar.bz2 -[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi/all.kernels/2.4.1-BOOTcustom] ls -boot/ cardmgr/ lib/ - - (c) build kernel/modules stuff for stage1 and stage2 -[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi] ./update_kernel - - -(5) pray - -[gc@obiwan ~/cvs/gi] make - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -The comments written with #- are automatically stripped out at install. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -testing all: - - go to the perl-install directory and execute ./g_auto_install --test - - You should be able to test the whole thing in a non-destructive way. - -NEVER compile and/or execute DrakX as root! - - - - -Here is how I (dams) made it work on my computer. -------------------------------------------------- - -- get the sources -- install the librairies needed included newt-devel gtk+-devel popt-devel popt gtk-engines -- cd path/to/gi -- make -- mkdir /usr/share/gtk -- ln -s path/to/gi/perl-install/share/themes /usr/share/gtk -- ln -s path/to/gi/perl-install/share/step-* /usr/share -- ln -s path/to/gi/perl-install/share/help.xpm /usr/share -- ln -s path/to/gi/perl-install/share/isdn* /etc/sysconfdir/network-scripts -- have a cd architecture linked on /export -- ln -s /export /tmp/rhimage -- export PERL_INSTALL_TEST=1 -- cd path/to/gi/perl-install -- gendistrib --noclean --distrib /export -- ./install2 in root (dangerous) or chmod a+r /dev/hd* and ./install2 in user - - - -address all bugreports to dave@null.com |