| 1 | $Id$
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| 2 |
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| 3 | 1. INTRODUCTION::
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| 4 |
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| 5 | To automatize packages build from the BLFS book instructions is a huge
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| 6 | task. The BLFS book isn't linear, some package pages need to use a non
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| 7 | default layout, there are circular dependencies, several packages can be
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| 8 | installed on a non default prefix, build commands can change based on what
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| 9 | dependencies will be used, etc.
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| 10 |
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| 11 | Said that, the goal of jhalfs is try to help you solving packages
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| 12 | dependencies and creating your own build scripts/Makefile. Some of the
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| 13 | auto-generated build scripts and Makefile could work "as is", but as a
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| 14 | general rule you will need to review and edit the scripts while reading
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| 15 | the book.
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| 16 |
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| 17 | NOTE:: The code is still under development and may contains several bugs
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| 18 |
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| 19 |
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| 20 | 2. USAGE::
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| 21 |
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| 22 | Due the complexity of the BLFS book, the scripts/Makefile generation is
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| 23 | done in several steps:
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| 24 |
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| 25 | 2.1 INSTALLATION::
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| 26 | Run "make" to launch the menuconfig interface. Select the BLFS book
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| 27 | and it version. Then set the installation directory (default
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| 28 | $HOME/blfs_root) and the BLFS sources directory (default blfs-xml).
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| 29 |
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| 30 | All required files will be placed in the installation directory and
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| 31 | BLFS XML sources will be checkout to the named sub-directory.
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| 32 |
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| 33 | Installed files:
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| 34 |
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| 35 | lib/* functions, xsl, and auto-generates dependencies tree files
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| 36 | README.BLFS this file
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| 37 | TODO developers notes
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| 38 | packages auto-generated file with packages info
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| 39 | alternatives.conf configuration files for alternative packages
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| 40 | envars.conf envars needed when running the build scripts
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| 41 | update_book.sh update the XML book sources and regenerate packages file
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| 42 | and GNOME and KDE dependencies tree
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| 43 | blfs-parser.sh generates linear BLFS books and build scripts
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| 44 | gen-makefile.sh generates Makefile
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| 45 | progress_bar.sh the Makefile progress bar
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| 46 |
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| 47 | From now on, all the work must be done from inside the installation
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| 48 | root directory.
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| 49 |
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| 50 | 2.2 UPDATING BOOK SOURCES::
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| 51 | If using the SVN book version, from time to time you may want to update
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| 52 | the XML sources. To do that run "./update_book.sh"
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| 53 |
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| 54 | 2.3 PARSING THE BOOK::
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| 55 | Next step is to create a book and build scripts in dependencies build order
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| 56 | for a target package. A target package can be any of the ones listed in the
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| 57 | packages file. That is done using the blfs-parser.sh script, but we are trying
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| 58 | to make a menuconfig based system.
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| 59 |
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| 60 | The script need three arguments:
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| 61 |
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| 62 | package name as listed in packages file
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| 63 | dependencies level 1 for required,
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| 64 | 2 for required an recommended
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| 65 | 3 for required, recommended, and optional
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| 66 | sudo usage y if sudo will be used (you want build as a normal user)
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| 67 | n if sudo isn't needed (you want build as root)
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| 68 |
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| 69 | For example:
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| 70 |
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| 71 | ./blfs-parser galeon 3 y
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| 72 |
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| 73 | will create a directory named "galeon". Inside that directory you find a
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| 74 | directory named "HTML" that contains a galeon-based HTML book with all
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| 75 | dependencies in build order and a "scripts" directory with build scripts
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| 76 | that uses sudo for commands that need root privileges.
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| 77 |
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| 78 | There is also two other directories that contains files generated while
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| 79 | resolving dependencies trees.
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| 80 |
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| 81 | Now is the time to review the generated book and scripts, making in the
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| 82 | scripts any changes you want to fit your needs. Scripts for additional
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| 83 | packages (i.e., for non-BLFS packages) can be inserted in an easy way.
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| 84 |
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| 85 | 2.4 CREATING THE MAKEFILE
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| 86 | When the build scripts are ready to be run, the Makefile can be
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| 87 | created. Be sure that you cd into the "package" directory and run
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| 88 |
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| 89 | ../gen_makefile.sh
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| 90 |
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| 91 | Review the Makefile and if all look sane, start the build.
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| 92 |
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| 93 |
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| 94 | (Text is needed for the installed packages tracking system and like)
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| 95 |
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| 96 | 3. GENERATED BUILD SCRIPTS ISSUES::
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| 97 |
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| 98 | In this section known issues with the generated build scripts are
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| 99 | discussed. They are due build procedures and BLFS layout particularities
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| 100 | than we can't handle. In some cases editing the build scripts is mandatory.
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| 101 | You may need also to insert some build script created by you to resolve
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| 102 | unhandled dependencies and/or to remove some script and install the
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| 103 | affected package by hand.
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| 104 |
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| 105 | 3.1 BLFS BOOTSCRIPTS
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| 106 |
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| 107 | For now, bootscripts installation will fail. You will need to edit the
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| 108 | scripts for packages that install bootscripts and fix their installation
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| 109 | command. That could be fixed in the future, but not sure.
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| 110 |
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| 111 | 3.2 PACKAGES CONFIGURATION
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| 112 |
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| 113 | For that packages that have a "Configuration" section, you should to
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| 114 | edit it build script to fit the configuration to your needs.
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| 115 |
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| 116 | 3.4 PDL and Perl modules.
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| 117 |
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| 118 | The generated scripts for that packages are plainly broken and can't
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| 119 | be fixed. You must to replace it by your own ones or install that
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| 120 | packages by hand.
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| 121 |
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| 122 | 3.4 GCC, JDK, Sane, and KDE-multimedia
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| 123 |
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| 124 | On the pages for that packages, the BLFS book actually have instructions
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| 125 | to install two packages. You must to edit the scripts to fix it. We will
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| 126 | try to fix some of them, but may not be possible.
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| 127 |
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| 128 | 3.5 OTHERS
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| 129 |
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| 130 | May have other issues that we are not aware on them yet. If you find
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| 131 | someone, please report it to <alfs-discuss@linuxfromscratch.org>.
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| 132 |
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