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* HACKING: Give an example of how to run a test in isolation. * README: Fix/simplify example for running a single test. * README-hacking: Reference the HACKING file.
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-*- outline -*-
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These notes intend to help people working on the checked-out sources.
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These requirements do not apply when building from a distribution tarball.
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See also HACKING for more detailed coreutils contribution guidlines.
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* Requirements
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We've opted to keep only the highest-level sources in the GIT repository.
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This eases our maintenance burden, (fewer merges etc.), but imposes more
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requirements on anyone wishing to build from the just-checked-out sources.
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Specific tools and versions will be checked for and listed by the
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bootstrap script shown below, and will include:
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- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
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- Autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>
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- Bison <http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/>
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- Gettext <http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/>
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- Git <http://git.or.cz/>
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- Gperf <http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/>
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- Gzip <http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/>
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- Perl <http://www.cpan.org/>
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- Rsync <http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/>
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- Tar <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/>
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Only building the initial full source tree will be a bit painful.
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Later, a plain `git pull && make' should be sufficient.
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- Valgrind
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Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> is also highly recommended, if
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Valgrind supports your architecture. See also README-valgrind.
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- XZ utils (successor to LZMA)
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This package's build procedure uses XZ to create a compressed
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distribution tarball. Using this feature of Automake requires
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version 1.10a or newer, as well as the xz program itself.
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Make sure you have the latest version of the XZ Utils from
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<http://tukaani.org/lzma/download>.
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* First GIT checkout
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You can get a copy of the source repository like this:
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$ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils
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$ cd coreutils
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The next step is to get and check other files needed to build,
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which are extracted from other source packages:
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$ ./bootstrap
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And there you are! Just
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$ ./configure
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$ make
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$ make check
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At this point, there should be no difference between your local copy,
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and the GIT master copy:
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$ git diff
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should output no difference.
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Enjoy!
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-----
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Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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Local Variables:
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indent-tabs-mode: nil
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End:
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