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* cfg.mk: Add a new "world" default target so that one can bootstrap (using the python implementation), configure, and make, by using `make -f cfg.mk`. * gnulib: Update to latest primarily to test the bootstrap python implementation which is now in beta test. * README-hacking: Document the `make -f cfg.mk` shortcut.
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Building from a Git repository -*- 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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If this package has a file HACKING, please also read that file for
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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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(The requirements to build from a release are much less and are just
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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. See README-prereq for specific notes on obtaining
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these prerequisite tools.
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Valgrind <https://valgrind.org/> is also highly recommended, if
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Valgrind supports your architecture. See also README-valgrind
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(if present).
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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' typically suffices.
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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://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/<packagename>
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$ cd <packagename>
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where '<packagename>' stands for 'coreutils' or whatever other package
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you are building.
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To use the most-recent Gnulib (as opposed to the Gnulib version that
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the package last synchronized to), do this next:
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$ git submodule foreach git pull origin master
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$ git commit -m 'build: update gnulib submodule to latest' gnulib
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As an optional step, if you already have a copy of the Gnulib Git
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repository, then you can use it as a reference to reduce download
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time and file system space requirements:
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$ export GNULIB_SRCDIR=/path/to/gnulib
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The next steps are to get and check other files needed to build,
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and complete the build:
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$ make -f cfg.mk
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For reference the above command runs the following steps,
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which can be done individually if required to give more control:
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$ ./bootstrap
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$ ./configure --quiet #[--disable-gcc-warnings] [*]
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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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[*] By default GCC warnings are enabled when building from Git.
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If you get warnings with recent GCC and Glibc with default
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configure-time options, please report the warnings to the bug
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reporting address of this package instead of to bug-gnulib,
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even if the problem seems to originate in a Gnulib-provided file.
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If you get warnings with other configurations, you can run
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'./configure --disable-gcc-warnings' or 'make WERROR_CFLAGS='
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to build quietly or verbosely, respectively.
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-----
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* Submitting patches
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If you develop a fix or a new feature, please send it to the
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appropriate bug-reporting address as reported by the --help option of
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each program. One way to do this is to use vc-dwim
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<https://www.gnu.org/software/vc-dwim/>), as follows.
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Run the command "vc-dwim --initialize" from the top-level directory
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of this package's git-cloned hierarchy.
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Edit the (empty) ChangeLog file that this command creates, creating a
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properly-formatted entry according to the GNU coding standards
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<https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html>.
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Make your changes.
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Run the command "vc-dwim" and make sure its output (the diff of all
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your changes) looks good.
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Run "vc-dwim --commit".
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Run the command "git format-patch --stdout -1", and email its output
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in, using the output's subject line.
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-----
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Copyright (C) 2002-2024 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 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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