On 04/02/2009 03:39 AM, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Boaz Harrosh wrote: >> On 04/01/2009 12:23 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote: >>> Boaz Harrosh wrote: >>>> If anyone wants to actually run this code and test it >>>> then please start reading at: >>>> http://open-osd.org >>>> You will need to checkout the out-of-tree git (below) for the user-mode utilities. >>>> Also the exofs.txt file in patch 7/8 should help >>> hum... trying to play with this. If you want exofs to go upstream, I >>> think you should have a release tarball containing the user-mode utils >>> posted somewhere. Would make life a lot easier, both on early adopters >>> and also on distribution packagers. >>> >>> Jeff >> You are absolutely right, once 2.6.30 will be out there will not be a need >> to compile Kernel modules. >> >> About the binary package. I must admit I'm a total novice. What do I need to do? > > All you need on your end is a sane setup for installation, including > building of shared libraries and installing necessary headers for > userland programs. > > Each individual distribution can easily package your exofs-utils into a > deb or RPM. > > Some of my projects have to do this. Here is one way, the highly > standardized GNU autotools. > > Take a look at autogen.sh, configure.ac, Makefile.am, > include/Makefile.am and lib/Makefile.am from > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/daemon/distsrv/chunkd.git > > That demonstrates how to handle building and installing a shared > library, header files and programs. > > A lot of people dislike GNU autotools, but it's main benefit here is > that Debian/Red Hat/Novell/Canonical/etc. are well-versed in creating > .deb or .rpm from GNU autotools builds. It makes integration into a > Linux distribution much easier. > This is precious information for me, I'll have a look and copy above procedure for open-osd, thanks, Next beer is on me. > >> BTW: >> Source tar balls are available from the gitweb GUI by pressing on the >> "snapshot" link next to any commit. I should link to it from the WiKi > > Oh yeah, I forgot about that. > > Jeff > Thank you Boaz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
