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The https:// protocol is much more reliably usable than git:// when faced with unreasonably strict firewalls. The libvirt.org web server is now setup to support the smart https:// protocol, which is just as fast as git://, so change all the docs to use https:// Reviewed-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
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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 docs/hacking.html (after building libvirt using the information
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included in this file) for more detailed contribution guidelines.
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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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Note the requirements to build the released archive are much less and
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are just the requirements of the standard ./configure && make procedure.
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Specific development tools and versions will be checked for and listed by
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the bootstrap script.
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Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> is also highly recommended, if
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Valgrind supports your architecture.
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While building from a just-cloned source tree may require installing a
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few prerequisites, later, a plain `git pull && make' should be sufficient.
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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 https://libvirt.org/git/libvirt.git
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$ cd libvirt
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As an optional step, if you already have a copy of the gnulib git
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repository on your hard drive, then you can use it as a reference to
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reduce download time and disk space requirements:
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$ export GNULIB_SRCDIR=/path/to/gnulib
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The next step is to get all required pieces from gnulib,
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to run autoreconf, and to invoke ./configure:
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$ ./autogen.sh
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And there you are! Just
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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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Local Variables:
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indent-tabs-mode: nil
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End:
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