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2.7 KiB
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71 lines
2.7 KiB
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COMPATIBILITY
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This code is intended for use with Linux 2.2.xx, 2.4.xx,
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2.6.xx, and hopefully all future kernels. You should be
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running a system with libc 6, but libc 5 might work too.
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INSTALLATION
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make
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make install
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Only the second ("make install") is needed if you just
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want to build and install procps-ng in the normal way.
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If you wish to test before installing, use the scripts
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named t, v, and p to ensure that the correct libproc
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(the new one) is used during your testing.
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You may set SKIP to avoid building or installing things.
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For example:
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make SKIP='/bin/kill /usr/share/man/man1/kill.1' install
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Use SHARED=0 to build procps-ng without shared libraries.
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This may be useful for installing in your home directory.
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make SHARED=0 DESTDIR=$HOME install
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Suppose you wanted to install stuff in strange places.
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You might do something like this:
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make usr/bin=/tmp/Q/i/ DESTDIR=/tmp/Q install="install -D" ldconfig=echo install
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If cross-compiling, you might need to set lib64 to
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either "lib" or "lib64". You might need to set m64 to
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-m64, -m32, or nothing at all. Some examples:
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make lib64=lib m64=-m32 # for a bi-arch gcc
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make lib64=lib64 CC=x86_64-gcc
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make lib64=lib CC=alpha-gcc
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PACKAGING
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If you are a downstream maintainer (packager) for a Linux distribution,
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please avoid causing troubles. This section applies to you.
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Send patches in regularly. Many patches made by vendors have been buggy,
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some quite severely so. Sending in a patch will at least get it reviewed,
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if not included. There is a procps-ng test suite that must be passed.
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Forward all bug reports. If your bug database is public and busy enough
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to bother with, please make this known. Follow Debian's lead in making
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the bug database easy to comment on via email w/o need for an account.
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Do not change the user interface. Many of the programs are intended to be
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compatible with Solaris, FreeBSD, AIX, IRIX, Tru64, and the UNIX standard.
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Your nice new command options WILL BE BROKEN as needed to ensure that
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procps-ng remains compatible with the rest of the world. Sysadmins hate to
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deal with incompatible behavior. If you need a new option, ask for it.
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For normal packages, ensure that you do not add debugging flags
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to the CFLAGS variable. If debugging flags are present, the Makefile
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will avoid adding several optimizations that would interfere with gdb.
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There should be no need to modify the Makefile. You can set variables
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on the "make" command line or use "make -e" to pass variables from
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the environment.
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BUG REPORTS
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Email to procps@freelists.org.
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